Baarle-Nassau

Baarle-Nassau municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Marjon de Hoon-Veelenturf ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality	Baarle
Area  - land  - water	76.29  km 2 76.14 km 2 0.15 km 2
CBS code	0744
Residents	6,850 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	90 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 27 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′  N , 4 ° 56 ′  E
Important traffic route	N 135 N 260
prefix	013
Postcodes	5111, 5113-5114
Website	Homepage of Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau town hall

Baarle-Nassau ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a Dutch municipality in the province of Noord-Brabant with 6850 inhabitants (as of January 31, 2019).

The border between Belgium and the Netherlands near Baarle-Hertog

Topographic map of the municipality of Baarle-Nassau

The border between Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog on the Singel road

Complicated borderline

Baarle-Nassau is known for the complicated border line to the Belgian municipality of Baarle-Hertog . The state border partially runs right through residential houses and public buildings. There are numerous enclaves and even sub-enclaves .

The complicated border relationship arose from medieval treaties, agreements and exchanges of territory between the ruler of Breda and the duke of Brabant. These territorial distributions were ratified and more precisely defined in the Maastricht Treaty in 1843.

There was a time when, according to Dutch law, restaurants had to close earlier than the Belgian ones. For some restaurants on the border, this meant that guests only had to change tables.

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If you zoom in on the map view of Google Maps or OpenStreetMap so that individual buildings are displayed, you can see that these cover the boundary lines and thus visually interrupt them.

politics

In the last local election in 2018, the local party BAARLE! win with almost 40% of the vote. Together with Keerpunt '98, these form the coalition.

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 55.82%

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

39.4

21.7

16.5

11.9

10.5

n. k.

B! ^a

K98 ^b

CDA

FU ^d

VPB ^e

VVD

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

+13.9

+5.6

-10.7

+1.0

-5.1

-4.8

B! ^a

K98 ^b

CDA

FU ^d

VPB ^e

VVD

Remarks:

^a BAARLE!

^b Keerpunt '98

^d Fractie Ulicoten

^e Vooruitstrevende Partij Baarle

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1982:

Political party	Seats
	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
BAARLE!	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5
Keerpunt '98	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	4th	2	3
CDA	1	2	2	4th	5	5	5	5	4th	2
Agricultural and community matters	4th	4th	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
Fractie Ulicoten	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2
Vooruitstrevende Partij Baarle	3	2	3	4th	3	2	2	2	2	1
VVD	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	-
total	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The following people belong to the College van burgemeester en wethouders of the municipality of Baarle-Nassau:

Mayoress

• Marjon de Hoon-Veelenturf ( CDA ; took office: June 1, 2015)

Alderman

• Hans van Tilborg (BAARLE!)
• Nico Sommen (Keerpunt '98)

Community Secretary

• Hans Slagboom

Personalities

• Cornelius Aarts (1941-2008), football player
• Jacques Frijters (* 1947), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Baarle-Nassau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Baarle-Nassau (excerpt) Google Maps, accessed March 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Baarle-Nassau (excerpt) OpenStreetMap, accessed January 31, 2018.
4. ↑ Jacques Hendriks: Coalitie Baarle-Nassau bekend: BAARLE! en Keerpunt '98. In: BN DeStem . Wegener, April 3, 2018, accessed December 18, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1982–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on December 18, 2018 (Dutch)
6. ↑ College van B en W . In: baarle-nassau.nl . Gemeente Baarle-Nassau, accessed December 18, 2018 (Dutch)