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Odd borders are funny. Here's two other examples: The utter chaos in Baarle. They even have nested enclaves. So area of Netherlands surrounded by Belgium surrounded by Netherlands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/51.4402/4.9316

Between Germany and Switzerland, there's the German exclave Büsingen am Hochrhein. They have odd tax rules as Swiss VAT is applied.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/47.6941/8.6910

parent dividuum 8 years ago

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