http://www.smh.com.au/world/tiny-belgium-to-get-tinier-as-netherlands-grows-after-land-swap-20161130-gt0kfy.html
Tiny Belgium to get tinier as Netherlands grows after land swap
Belgium and the Netherlands have agreed to swap parcels of land in a peaceful handover on a continent where borders have long been a source of bloodshed.
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Under the agreement, which is expected to go into force on January 1, 2018, if ratified by the parliament in each country next year, Belgium will give 16.4 hectares of land to the Netherlands - namely, two uninhabited peninsulas, Presqu'ile de L'Ilal and Presqu'ile d'Eijsden. In return, Netherlands will give the area of Presqu'ile Petit-Gravier, roughly 3 hectares large, to Belgium.
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