Bekkevoort
Sign in to saveBekkevoort () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Assent, Bekkevoort proper and Molenbeek-Wersbeek. On January 1, 2006, Bekkevoort had a total population of 5,826. The total area is 37.17 km2 which gives a population density of 157 inhabitants per km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Bekkevoort
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Molenbeek-Wersbeek - Sint-Quirinuskerk.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Bekkevoort Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Bekkevoort in Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Bekkevoort.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Bekkevoort.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Leuven
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 24008
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Hans Vandenberg (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, Ons Dorp
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3460, 3461
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 013, 016
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.bekkevoort.be
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Bekkevoort () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Assent, Bekkevoort proper and Molenbeek-Wersbeek. On January 1, 2006, Bekkevoort had a total population of 5,826. The total area is 37.17 km2 which gives a population density of 157 inhabitants per km2.
It gains its name from the Germanic name "Baco" and the word "voorde" (which means a place of ferriage, where one can easily cross a stream via a place where the waters are lower), thus roughly meaning "Baco's wade". This ferriage formed the historical center of the town and is nowadays known as the road Steenberg, from Bekkevoort to Zichem and Scherpenheuvel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bekkevoort” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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