WorldPublished: 16 July 2026 at 16:38

France and Netherlands settle 400-year-old border dispute

After centuries of disagreement over a lagoon in the Caribbean, France and the Netherlands have finally established the legal coordinates of their border.

France and the Netherlands have resolved a border dispute that lasted 400 years. The dispute concerned an invisible frontier in the Caribbean region, specifically over a lagoon whose legal coordinates have now been set. This agreement ends decades of wrangling between the two countries. No further details about the lagoon's name or exact location are provided.

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