Bekkevoort

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Bekkevoort" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Bekkevoort
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bekkevoort
Bekkevoort Location in Belgium Location of Bekkevoort in Flemish Brabant
Coordinates: 50°57′N 04°58′E / 50.950°N 4.967°E / 50.950; 4.967
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Leuven
Government
• Mayor	Hans Vandenberg (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V, Ons Dorp
Area
• Total	37.28 km2 (14.39 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	6,274
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal codes	3460, 3461
NIS code	24008
Area codes	013, 016
Website	www.bekkevoort.be

Bekkevoort (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛkəvoːrt] ^ⓘ) 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.