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Belgian farmer made France smaller by accident when he moved a rock: Report By Cortney Moore article Dry agricultural fields can be seen in Laarne - Belgium on 24 May 2020. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It wasn’t an ordinary rock. That’s what a Belgian farmer learned after he moved a sizable stone that constantly disrupted his tractor’s path. But, it turned out the rock was actually a marker that served as a divider for France and Belgium, according to the BBC. Moving the stone marker 7.5 feet reportedly made France smaller and Belgium larger. The shifted border wa...

Belgian farmer moves boundary marker to make France two metres smaller The France-Belgium border was settled over two centuries ago until a local farmer moved the stone marker with his tractor so he could access a field more easily 7 May 2021 The farmer said the historical stone was making it difficult to access his field, so he moved it with a tractorBy Joanna York A Belgian farmer has moved a boundary marker signalling the location of the French-Belgian border, making Belgium 2.29 metres bigger and France smaller by the same amount. The marker, weighing 150kg, is an historical stone previou...

Farmer Accidentally Moves France-Belgium Border By 7.5 Feet May.7.2021 Solre-sur-Sambre Castle in Erquelinnes, Belgium. A farmer in Erquelinnes recently moved the border stone between France and Belgium. (Image by u_bg5xe442 from Pixabay) May.7.2021 A Belgian farmer, annoyed by a stone blocking the path of his tractor along the edge of his property, moved the marker, and he inadvertently set off an international border dispute in the process. Actually, it’s more of an international border chuckle, as long as the marker is returned to its original location. The stone he moved represents the ...

Belgium has grown a little bit larger after a farmer accidentally shifted the country's border by 2.29 meters.

The farmer thought he was simply shifting a stone. Turns out, he was moving the Belgian border.