Begijnendijk

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Begijnendijk
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
Location of Begijnendijk
BegijnendijkLocation in Belgium Begijnendijk in the Province of Flemish Brabant
Coordinates: 51°01′N 04°47′E / 51.017°N 4.783°E / 51.017; 4.783
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Leuven
Government
• Mayor	Bert Ceulemans (Samen)
• Governing party/ies	Samen, N-VA, S.A.F.E, Leef
Area
• Total	17.66 km2 (6.82 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	10,053
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Postal codes	3130
NIS code	24007
Area codes	016 - 015
Website	www.begijnendijk.be

Begijnendijk (Dutch pronunciation: ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Begijnendijk proper and Betekom. On January 1, 2006, Begijnendijk had a total population of 9,400. The total area is 17.62 km² which gives a population density of 534 inhabitants per km². The official spoken language is Dutch.

On the 25th of July 2019, the hottest ever recorded in Belgium was recorded in Begijnendijk, the town recording a temperature of 41.8 °C (107.2 °F), beating the temperature of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) recorded in Angleur, recorded just the previous day.

Further reading

• 2008 "De boerekes van Betekom" written by Bob Michiels
• 2005 "Begijnendijk, dorp van kerkenbouwers"
• 2003 "De vergane glorie van Betekom" written by Pascal Van Vlasselaer
• 1997 "De parochies St. Lucia en St. Laurentius van Begijnendijk-Betekom voot 1901" written by H. Guislain
• 1996 "Begijnendijk voor 1796" written by Geert Andries
• 1996 "Betekom op de schoolbanken" written by Vermeulen-Vandenbussche, Trees
• 1995 "Volkstelling van Betekom en Begijnendijk"
• 1995 "Nota's uit de rekeningen der St.Laurentiuskerk: 1715, 1751,1757,1762,1775, XIXe en XXe eeuw"
• 1995 "De oude molen van Betekom"
• 1994 "Hoe Begijnendijk ontstond als aparte gemeente op 8 maart 1796"

References

1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. ^ "Zo uitzonderlijk was het gisteren: 41,8 graden in Begijnendijk" (in Dutch). VRTNWS. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

External links

• Media related to Begijnendijk at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Available only in Dutch

Places adjacent to Begijnendijk
Heist-op-den-Berg (VAN) Hulshout (VAN) Herselt (VAN) Tremelo Begijnendijk Aarschot Rotselaar Aarschot

v t e Municipalities in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
Halle-Vilvoorde	Affligem Asse Beersel Bever Dilbeek Drogenbos Galmaarden Gooik Grimbergen Halle Herne Hoeilaart Kampenhout Kapelle-op-den-Bos Kraainem Lennik Liedekerke Linkebeek Londerzeel Machelen Meise Merchtem Opwijk Overijse Pepingen Roosdaal Sint-Genesius-Rode Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Steenokkerzeel Ternat Vilvoorde Wemmel Wezembeek-Oppem Zaventem Zemst
Leuven	Aarschot Begijnendijk Bekkevoort Bertem Bierbeek Boortmeerbeek Boutersem Diest Geetbets Glabbeek Haacht Herent Hoegaarden Holsbeek Huldenberg Keerbergen Kortenaken Kortenberg Landen Leuven Linter Lubbeek Oud-Heverlee Rotselaar Scherpenheuvel-Zichem Tervuren Tielt-Winge Tienen Tremelo Zoutleeuw
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