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'''Mook''' is a village in the North of the Dutch province of [[Limburg]]. It is part of the community ''Mook en Middelaar'' that encompasses, besides the villages Mook and Middelaar, also the villages ''Plasmolen'' and ''Molenhoek''. The total number of inhabitants of the four villages was 8,079 in November 2007. In Dutch history | {{Image|Mook Limburg.jpg|right|400px|View on Mook from west bank of river Meuse.}} | ||
'''Mook''' is a village in the North of the Dutch province of [[Limburg]] on the east bank of the river [[Meuse]] (in Dutch: Maas). It is part of the community ''Mook en Middelaar'' that encompasses, besides the two villages Mook and Middelaar, also the villages ''Plasmolen'' and ''Molenhoek''. The total number of inhabitants of the four villages was 8,079 in November 2007. Many of the inhabitants work in the city of [[Nijmegen]] that lies 12 km north of Mook. | |||
In Dutch history Mook has some notoriety because of the historic [[battle of the Mookerheyde]] (battle of the Mook Heath) which was fought nearby. | |||
Revision as of 02:37, 26 March 2010
Mook is a village in the North of the Dutch province of Limburg on the east bank of the river Meuse (in Dutch: Maas). It is part of the community Mook en Middelaar that encompasses, besides the two villages Mook and Middelaar, also the villages Plasmolen and Molenhoek. The total number of inhabitants of the four villages was 8,079 in November 2007. Many of the inhabitants work in the city of Nijmegen that lies 12 km north of Mook.
In Dutch history Mook has some notoriety because of the historic battle of the Mookerheyde (battle of the Mook Heath) which was fought nearby.