Cuijk (pronunciationⓘ; dialect: Kuuk)[3] is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands.

It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Nijmegen.

After Julius Caesar had conquered Gaul in about 50 BC, the Roman influence reached up to the Rhine, which flowed through Utrecht at the time.

In the 20th century many remains of this road were found near Cuijk and Sint Agatha, and further south.

In the late fourth century, a bridge over the Meuse was constructed at Cuijk, part of the road.

Merovingian and Carolingian pottery imply continuous habitation at Cuijk after the Roman era.

[4] Most of the population of Cuijk worked in agriculture till very late in the nineteenth century.

The position of Cuijk as the center of an agricultural area was marked by the many annual markets for fabric, cattle and the like.

In about 1860 Johannes van Susteren made weighing scales and coffee grinders.

A hundred years later, in 1938, it became the Koninklijke Leder- en Drijfriemenfabriek, which specialized in mechanical belts.

[6] Cuijk was liberated on 17 September 1944, but the other side of the Meuse remained occupied till March 1945.

The Meuse harbor Haven van Cuijk was dug near the hamlet Katwijk, and a large industrial area was created.

Just south of Cuijk is the nature reserve Zevenhutten of 85 hectares, owned by Brabants Landschap.

The Spes Mea of the ferry service Cuijk - Middelaar crosses the Meuse to Limburg.