Post by Brent George on May 5, 2021 20:13:52 GMT
A farmer moves the border between France and Belgium so he could drive his tractor more easily...
Stuff - Travel: 5-May-2021
The border between Belgium and France has been largely stable for 200 years.
That is, until a Belgian farmer annoyed with the placement of one of the stones marking the storied territorial divide inadvertently shifted the border 2.3 metres so his tractor could move more easily.
The border-dispute-that-wasn't came to light when a historian walking along the demarcation line noticed that the stone had migrated slightly into France, the BBC reported.
The Belgian village of Erquelinnes, which lies along the 390-mile (627km) border with France, had as a result grown by 2m. The French town of Bousignies-sur-Roc in turn shed more than a few inches.
Stuff - Travel: 5-May-2021
The border between Belgium and France has been largely stable for 200 years.
That is, until a Belgian farmer annoyed with the placement of one of the stones marking the storied territorial divide inadvertently shifted the border 2.3 metres so his tractor could move more easily.
The border-dispute-that-wasn't came to light when a historian walking along the demarcation line noticed that the stone had migrated slightly into France, the BBC reported.
The Belgian village of Erquelinnes, which lies along the 390-mile (627km) border with France, had as a result grown by 2m. The French town of Bousignies-sur-Roc in turn shed more than a few inches.