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Leuven

Also known as Louvain

Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. A Dutch-speaking municipality, it is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, Wijgmaal and part of Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants.

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Leuven is a major city in the Flemish region of Belgium, located east of Brussels, and serves as the capital of Flemish Brabant province. It is the eighth-largest city in Belgium with over 100,000 residents and is an important Dutch-speaking municipality in the region.

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Belgium municipality.name: Leuven
Belgium municipality.namefr: Louvain
Belgium municipality.type: city
Belgium municipality.picture: Tafelrond Leuven - 385956 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg
Belgium municipality.picture legend: Leuven Town Hall in 2019
Belgium municipality.map: Leuven Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend: Location of Leuven in Flemish Brabant
Belgium municipality.arms: Wapen van Leuven.svg
Belgium municipality.flag: Flag of Leuven.svg
Belgium municipality.arrondissement: Leuven
Belgium municipality.nis: 24062
Belgium municipality.mayor: (Vooruit)
Belgium municipality.majority: Vooruit, Groen, CD&V
Belgium municipality.postal codes: 3000, 3001, 3010, 3012, 3018
Belgium municipality.telephone area: 016
Belgium municipality.web: www.leuven.be
Belgium municipality.footnotes: 80px|center
Belgium municipality.population_demonym: Leuvenaar

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Official name: Louvain
Demonym: Leuvenaar
Population: 101032
Area: 57.51
Elevation: 36
Official website: www.leuven.be
Image: Oude Markt Leuven.jpg
Dialing code: 16

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annual number of weddings: 479
time of earliest written record: 0891-00-00
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postal code: 3018
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Leuven, European Capital of Culture 2030
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Leuven has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. KU Leuven, the largest Dutch-speaking university in the world and the largest university in the Low Countries (and thus also Belgium's largest university), has its flagship campus in Leuven.