Subject: Re: next border expedition to set sail shortly<br/>
Date: Jun 29, 2003 @ 12:09<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-713348147"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; Any other examples of parts of countries not belonging to local <br/>
 </span></blockquote>authorities?<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; Jesper  <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>To the best of my knowledge, territories like these did exist in the <br/>
Netherlands, but not anymore. All polders in the IJsselmeer (former <br/>
Zuyder Zee) were in that situation for longer or shorter periods <br/>
(Wieringermeer, Noordoostpolder, East and South Flevoland). Likewise, <br/>
an area on the outer side of the IJsselmeer dyke near the power plant <br/>
near Diemen (called &quot;de vijfhoek&quot;, i.e. &quot;the pentagon&quot;) was only <br/>
allocated to a municipality in 1995.<br/>
<br/>
At <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pzh.nl/onderwer/drgg/gemhist/GH2000.HTM">http://www.pzh.nl/onderwer/drgg/gemhist/GH2000.HTM</a> , one can see <br/>
the development of the municipality of &quot;Nederland&quot; (the Netherlands), <br/>
i.e. the unincorporated parts of the country. &quot;Nederland&quot; <br/>
continuously lost areas to municipalities on the sea coast and the <br/>
former sea coast (now IJsselmeer). On Jan. 1st, 1996, &quot;Nederland&quot; as <br/>
a municipality was dissolved. Which means that the last <br/>
unincorporated pieces of land and inland water were allocated to a <br/>
real municipality (i.c. Lelystad).<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>