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Odd boundaries · OpenStreetMap
The town made of interlocking countries
Belgium and Netherlands · 51°27′N · 4°56′E
Belgian and Dutch parcels create one of the world’s most intricate borders.
Field note
Belgian and Dutch parcels create one of the world’s most intricate borders. Map and record layers place this feature in its wider geographic, historical and civic context.
Why the line matters
The place shows how law, mapping and geography can produce territory that behaves differently from the land around it.
When to go
April–June and September–October are useful shoulder-season starting points.
Evidence and practical context
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Place intelligence v2
What the surrounding data reveals
unknown relative to mapped settlements · access signal: generally accessible · evidence confidence 82/100.
Nearest cross-dataset oddities
Similar elsewhere in the world
Distances are straight-line approximations. Rarity is measured within MapTheOdd’s current catalogue.
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What this page adds
Evidence ledger
This separates source facts, editorial interpretation and computed context so they are not presented as equivalent claims.
| Coordinate | Parsed from the published place record | High |
|---|---|---|
| Place identity | The town made of interlocking countries | Medium–high |
| Interpretation | Belgian and Dutch parcels create one of the world’s most intricate borders. Map and record layers place this feature in its wider geographic, historical and civic context. | Low–medium |
| Local context | No GeoNames match | Computed |
| Access | Boundary and access rules can change; check current official guidance. | Requires live checking |
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Generated from source data checked August 2026. Computed relationships are reproducible approximations, not claims about legal access or current operating status.