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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.
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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Key facts
- 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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- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Louvain
- Demonym
- Leuvenaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Leuven
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 101032
- Area
- 57.51
- Elevation
- 36
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Channel Leuven-Mechelen (Dijle)
- Capital of
- Flemish Brabant
- Shares border with
- Oud-Heverlee
- Official website
- www.leuven.be
- Image
- Oude Markt Leuven.jpg
- Dialing code
- 16
- Significant event
- Siege of Leuven
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- phone number
- +32-16-27-20-00
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Leuven
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Leuven
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Leuven
- twinned administrative body
- Louvain-la-Neuve
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- Category:Leuven
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- Leuven
- native label
- Leuven
- category for people buried here
- Q27186787
- social media followers
- 9013
- annual number of weddings
- 479
- time of earliest written record
- 0891-00-00
- located in/on physical feature
- Hageland
- P8168
- U55
- postal code
- 3018
- language used
- Dutch
- contains settlement
- Wilsele
- P12674
- Appoigny
- P12749
- Montemor-o-Velho
- P13200
- Gmina Kurów
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- Middle Ages
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- 20th century
- World War I
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- Climate
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- Demographics
- Student population
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- Mayor
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- Leuven, European Capital of Culture 2030
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- International relations
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- Friendly relations
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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.
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.
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