Legal Definitions - international enclave

An international enclave is a part of a country's territory that is completely surrounded by the territory of a foreign country. This means that any communication with the main part of the country must pass through the territory of the foreign country. International enclaves are relatively rare nowadays.

• Baarle-Hertog: This is a Belgian enclave in the Netherlands.
• Kaliningrad: This is a Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland.

These examples illustrate the definition of an international enclave because they are both parts of a country's territory that are completely surrounded by the territory of a foreign country. In the case of Baarle-Hertog, it is a small Belgian town that is divided into 22 separate enclaves, some of which are located within the Netherlands. Kaliningrad, on the other hand, is a Russian exclave that is separated from the rest of Russia by Lithuania and Belarus.