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[-] nawa@lemmy.world 58 points 5 months ago

Honestly I'm more surprised that the border with Belgium is longer than the border with Spain

[-] ADTJ@feddit.uk 22 points 5 months ago

I think it's just measuring the longest contiguous border.

The border with Spain has Andorra in the middle

[-] Troz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There isn't a 2nd number on the east side of Andorra so I think the 623 is the total with Spain.

[-] ADTJ@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

Could be or it's just counting the longest border they share

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

During the times of Caesar, Belgica started just north of Paris.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

this would be a great trivia question

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 11 points 5 months ago

"EU's largest national park is in South America" is a fun fact.

[-] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Canada is closer to the EU than the island of Great Britain is

[-] Bourff@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Canada and Denmark now have a common border.

[-] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 14 points 5 months ago

And France is the only one country that spans across all time zone on the globe.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago
[-] ADTJ@feddit.uk 9 points 5 months ago

Reading fail

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Italy surprises me. Austria too, but I guess that juts in can really add up.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

lol my bad.

[-] LadyAutumn 3 points 5 months ago

They also have a border with Canada at St Pierre & Miquelon.

[-] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 5 months ago

The map only includes land borders. St Pierre and Miquelon are islands, so they have none. France has several small islands scattered around the world as legacy of the French Empire which are also absent from OP's map for the same reason. Saint Martin on the center left is a notable exception, since it's divided in two between France and the Netherlands.

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