Noorbeek is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of Limburg

Limburg (Netherlands)

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. It is located in the municipality of Margraten

Margraten

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 (Limburgish: Megraote), about 12 km southeast of Maastricht

Maastricht

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

. Noorbeek is one of the southernmost villages of the Netherlands.

Noorbeek was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Margraten.

External links

Map of the former municipality, around 1868.