Overloon is a village with 3,626 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Peel region, in the former municipality of Boxmeer, North Brabant.

Located on the outskirts is the National Museum of War and Resistance of the Netherlands, which originated as a museum for a World War II battle (Battle of Overloon) that occurred around the village from 30 September to 18 October 1944.

Loon or Lo(o) means forest with low trees, with an open meadow and swamp.

The element "over" was added to the name much later, to distinguish it from the nearby Loon Ravenstein, Neerloon.

Around 1900 the village was widely spread across moorlands and poorly connected to larger towns such as Venray, Vierlingsbeek, Sambeek, Oploo en Sint Anthonis.

The oldest written mention of Loon is a grant of charter from Jan van Cuijk from the year 1308.

Jan van Cuijk in this deed, that he recorded at St. Lawrence Church in Vierlingsbeek, gives the right to waive the (low) tax in(Over)Loon.