What the records say
- When
- 1956
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Belgium
- Coordinates
- 50.79° N, 4.80° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 648
- Area km2
- 1
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Belgium
Country in Northwestern Europe
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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