Gooik

Gooik
Municipality
Gooik town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Gooik Location in Belgium
Location of Gooik in Flemish Brabant
Coordinates: 50°48′N 04°07′E / 50.800°N 4.117°E / 50.800; 4.117Coordinates: 50°48′N 04°07′E / 50.800°N 4.117°E / 50.800; 4.117
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Halle-Vilvoorde
Government
• Mayor	Michel Doomst (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V
Area
• Total	39.70 km2 (15.33 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	9,212
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Postal codes	1755
Area codes	054, 02
Website	www.gooik.be

Gooik (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣoːi̯k]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Gooik proper, Kester, Leerbeek and Oetingen. On January 1, 2006 Gooik had a total population of 8,895. The total area is 39.70 km² which gives a population density of 224 inhabitants per km².

Church in the centre of Gooik

References

External links

• Media related to Gooik at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Available only in Dutch

	Ninove (VOV)	Roosdaal	Lennik
	Galmaarden
		Gooik
	Herne		Pepingen

Municipalities in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
Halle-Vilvoorde	Affligem Asse Beersel Bever Dilbeek Drogenbos Galmaarden Gooik Grimbergen Halle Herne Hoeilaart Kampenhout Kapelle-op-den-Bos Kraainem Lennik Liedekerke Linkebeek Londerzeel Machelen Meise Merchtem Opwijk Overijse Pepingen Roosdaal Sint-Genesius-Rode Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Steenokkerzeel Ternat Vilvoorde Wemmel Wezembeek-Oppem Zaventem Zemst
Leuven	Aarschot Begijnendijk Bekkevoort Bertem Bierbeek Boortmeerbeek Boutersem Diest Geetbets Glabbeek Haacht Herent Hoegaarden Holsbeek Huldenberg Keerbergen Kortenaken Kortenberg Landen Leuven Linter Lubbeek Oud-Heverlee Rotselaar Scherpenheuvel-Zichem Tervuren Tielt-Winge Tienen Tremelo Zoutleeuw