Bekveld

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Bekveld

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| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands

| image_map = Map - NL - Bronckhorst - Wijk 00 Hengelo - Buurt 07 Verspreide huizen Bekveld en Gooi.svg

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| map_caption = Location of Gooi and Bekveld in the municipality of Bronckhorst

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| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Bronckhorst

| subdivision_type3 = Village

| subdivision_name3 = Hengelo

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

|title = Postcodetool for 7255KA

|language = nl

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|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 27 September 2023}}

| elevation_m = 13.8

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| population_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=https://allecijfers.nl/buurt/verspreide-huizen-bekveld-en-gooi-bronckhorst/ |title=Statistieken buurt Verspreide huizen Bekveld en Gooi |year=2023 |website=Alle Cijfers |language=nl |access-date=27 September 2023}}

| population_total = {{circa|350}} (together with Gooi)

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code = 7255

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| area_code = 0313

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Bekveld ({{IPA|nl|ˈbɛkfɛlt}}) is a hamlet located in the Dutch municipality of Bronckhorst in Gelderland. It is located between Hengelo, {{ill|Keijenborg|nl}} and {{ill|Toldijk|nl}}. Before the municipal reorganization in 2005, Bekveld belonged to the municipality of Hengelo.

In 2010, the hamlets of {{ill|Gooi, Gelderland|lt=Gooi|nl|Gooi (Bronckhorst)}} and Bekveld together had 135 houses and 360 inhabitants.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/EA1F8F3D-CAB2-4F49-A5FB-86F020C2EF50/0/Bronckhorst.pdf |title=Gemeente Op Maat. Bronckhorst |website=Statistics Netherlands |access-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044901/http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/EA1F8F3D-CAB2-4F49-A5FB-86F020C2EF50/0/Bronckhorst.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |language=nl}} This population was still 350 in 2023.

The Bekveld Tug of War Association (TTV Bekveld) has existed since 1968. The club was, among other things, Dutch youth tug-of-war champion (1970) and third at the world championships (1985).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ttvbekveld.nl/site/bekveld/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304135332/http://www.ttvbekveld.nl/site/bekveld/ |archive-date=4 March 2014 |title=40 jaar Bekveld |website=TTV Bekveld |access-date=27 September 2023 |language=nl}}

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{{Dutch municipality Bronckhorst}}

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Category:Bronckhorst

Category:Populated places in Gelderland

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