Beek

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Beek

| native_name = {{native name|li|Baek|icon=no}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = BeekElsmuseumwkped07.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Elsmuseum in Beek

| image_flag = Flag of Beek (Limburg).svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Beek, Limburg.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0888 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Beek in a municipal map of Limburg

| map_caption = Location in Limburg

| coordinates = {{coord|50|56|N|5|48|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limburg

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.gemeentebeek.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-en-taakverdeling-college-van-bw_41305/

|title = Samenstelling en taakverdeling college van B&W

|trans-title = Members and tasks of the board of mayor and aldermen

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Beek

|access-date = 13 October 2013

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606002643/http://www.gemeentebeek.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-en-taakverdeling-college-van-bw_41305

|archive-date = 6 June 2013

|url-status = dead

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = D66

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Christine van Basten - Bodin (acting)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Beek}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Beek}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Beek}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 6191KA

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 13 October 2013}}

| elevation_m = 81

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Beek}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Beek}}

| population_demonym = Bekenaar

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 6176, 6190–6199

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 046

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.gemeentebeek.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

File:Gem-Beek-OpenTopo.jpg

Beek ({{IPA|nl|ˈbeːk|lang|125 Beek.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Baek}} {{IPA|li|ˈbɛːk|}}){{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}} is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek.

The municipality of Beek makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the city of Geleen in the north and Maastricht in the south, and lies furthermore southeast of interchange Kerensheide and the chemical industries of Chemelot. It has a slightly hilly landscape with altitudes differing between {{convert|70|and|120|m|ft}} above sea level, and has two small forests: Kelmonderbos between Beek and Kelmond, and Spaubekerbos near Spaubeek. The Keutelbeek flows through and has its source in the municipality of Beek.