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Overloon
Sign in to saveOverloon is a village with 3,626 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Peel region, in the former municipality of Boxmeer, North Brabant. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Overloon
- Region
- Noord-Brabant
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 3,626
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Overloon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Overloon from the air.jpeg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Overloon
- Settlement.image_shield
- Overloon wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Brabant
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Land van Cuijk
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 24
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 21.34
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,710
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Administrative and legal until 1795
- Administration after 1810
- World War II
- Places of interest
- Sports
- Gallery
- References
Overloon is a village with 3,626 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Peel region, in the former municipality of Boxmeer, North Brabant. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.
Located on the outskirts is the National Museum of War and Resistance of the Netherlands, which originated as a museum for a World War II battle (Battle of Overloon) that occurred around the village from 30 September to 18 October 1944. The village is located close to the A73 motorway between Venlo and Nijmegen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Overloon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
3 mapped locations
Available in 10 languages
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