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Begijnendijk

Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

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Begijnendijk

Location in Belgium

Begijnendijk in the Province of Flemish Brabant

Coordinates: 51°01′N 04°47′E / 51.017°N 4.783°E / 51.017; 4.783Country

BelgiumCommunityFlemish CommunityRegionFlemish RegionProvinceFlemish BrabantArrondissementLeuvenGovernment

• MayorBert Ceulemans (Samen) • Governing party/iesSamen, N-VA, S.A.F.E, LeefArea

• Total17.66 km² (6.82 sq mi)Population

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total10,053 • Density570/km² (1,500/sq mi)Postal codes

3130

NIS code

24007

Area codes016 - 015Websitewww.begijnendijk.be

Begijnendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [bəˈɣɛi̯nə(n)ˌdɛi̯k] ^ⓘ) 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.^[2]

References

^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "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.