Begijnendijk () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''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
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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 , beating the temperature of 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
External links
*
Official website- Available only in
Dutch
Municipalities of Flemish Brabant
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