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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Maasbree
| native_name            = Bree
| native_name_lang       = li
| settlement_type         = Town and former municipality
| image_skyline           = Maasbree Dorpsstraat.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Horn Castle
| image_flag              = Flag of Maasbree.svg
| image_shield            = Maasbree_wapen.svg
| image_map               = 
| image_map1              = 
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
| pushpin_label_position  = left
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Peel en Maas]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = https://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5993AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 27
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 32.36
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 6,625
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 5993<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 077
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|21|N|6|03|E|region:NL|display=title, inline}}
}}

'''Maasbree''' ({{IPA|nl|maːzˈbreː|lang|144 Maasbree.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Bree}}) is a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in southeastern [[Netherlands]]. Until 1818, the municipality was just called ''Bree'' in Dutch too.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

== Population centres ==
*[[Baarlo]]
*Maasbree

== History ==
In the [[Middle Ages]] Maasbree and Baarlo belonged to the duchy of [[Guelders]]. Around 1702, at the time of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], Maasbree was occupied by [[Prussia]] and remained Prussian until 1814. In 1815 Maasbree became part of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]].

Maasbree used to be a [[fiefdom]] with a castle called ''Huis Bree'', which has now disappeared.

The [[punk rock]] group [[Sex Pistols]] performed at Maf Centrum on 11 December 1977, as part of their Dutch Tour. This would be the last date of the tour, as the final 2 dates in [[Winschoten]] and [[Rotterdam]] were cancelled.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.maasbree.nl/ Official website]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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{{Dutch municipality Peel en Maas}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Peel en Maas]]


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