Begijnendijk

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality

|name = Begijnendijk

|picture = Parochiekerk Heilige Lucia van 1955.jpg

|picture-legend =

|map = Begijnendijk Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg

|map-legend = Begijnendijk in the Province of Flemish Brabant

|arms = Begijnendijk_wapen.svg

|flag = Begijnendijk vlag.svg

|arrondissement = Leuven

|nis = 24007

|pyramid-date=01/01/2006

|0-19=21.09

|20-64=62.07

|65=16.84

|foreigners=1.10

|foreigners-date=01/07/2005

|mayor = Bert Ceulemans (Samen)

|majority = Samen, N-VA, S.A.F.E, Leef

|postal-codes = 3130

|telephone-area = 016 - 015

|web = [http://www.begijnendijk.be/ www.begijnendijk.be]

|coordinates = {{coord|51|01|N|04|47|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}

}}

Begijnendijk ({{IPA|nl|bəˈɣɛinə(n)ˌdɛik|-|Nl-Begijnendijk.ogg}}) 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 {{convert|41.8|C|F|abbr=on}}, beating the temperature of {{convert|40.2|C|F|abbr=on}} recorded in Angleur, recorded just the previous day.{{cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/07/26/hitte-zo-uitzonderlijk-was-het-gisteren|title=Zo uitzonderlijk was het gisteren: 41,8 graden in Begijnendijk|publisher=VRTNWS|language=nl|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726083339/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/07/26/hitte-zo-uitzonderlijk-was-het-gisteren/|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}