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Maasgouw () is a municipality in the
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province of
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. It is located on both banks of the river
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southwest of the city of
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. It was formed in a merger of the former municipalities of
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,
Maasbracht Maasbracht (; ) is a town in the southeastern Netherlands. It was a separate municipality until 1 January 2007, when it became a part of the new municipality of Maasgouw. History The village was first mentioned in 1265 as "de Bragth", and mea ...
and Thorn on 1 January 2007. The municipality contains a number of towns and villages:


Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Maasgouw, June 2015.''


Notable people

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Henk van Hoof Hendrikus Andreas Lambertus "Henk" van Hoof (born 9 November 1947) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and naval officer. Van Hoof served in the Royal Netherlands Navy from April 19 ...
(born 1947) a retired Dutch politician, lives in
Ohé en Laak Ohé en Laak is a village in the province of Limburg, Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the la ...
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Jan Cober Jan Cober (born 1951) is a Dutch conductor and clarinet player. Life Jan Cober is the child of a musical family from the village of Thorn, Netherlands. He played the clarinet in the ''Royal Harmony of Thorn''. He studied conducting and the cl ...
(born 1951 in Thorn) a Dutch conductor and clarinet player *
Guido Geelen Guido Jozef Marie Geelen (born 5 May 1961 in Thorn, Netherlands) is a Dutch sculptor, furniture designer and ceramist, who lives and works in Tilburg.Margo Reuten (born ca.1966 in Maasbracht) a Dutch head chef, holds two
Michelin stars The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic ...
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Lies Visschedijk Lies Visschedijk (born 14 January 1974) is a Dutch actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1974 births Living people Dutch film actresses Dutch television actres ...
(born 1974 in Heel) a Dutch actress IMDb Database
retrieved 02 December 2019


Sport

* Annemiek Derckx (born 1954 in Beegden) a Dutch sprint canoer, twice bronze medallist at the
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and
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
* Bas Peters (born 1976 in Heel) a Dutch mountain biker, competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
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Mark van Bommel Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch Association football, football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but ...
(born 1977 in Maasbracht) a Dutch former footballer with 536 club caps.


Gallery

File:Juli 2012 Stevensweert 057.JPG, Stevensweert


References


External links

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Official website
Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2007 {{LimburgNL-geo-stub