It is located on both banks of the river Meuse southwest of the city of Roermond.

It was formed in a merger of the former municipalities of Heel, Maasbracht and Thorn on 1 January 2007.

The municipality contains a number of towns and villages:

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Maasgouw, June 2015.

This Dutch Limburg location article is a stub.