Arrondissement of Leuven

The Leuven Arrondissement is one of two arrondissements in the province of . It lies east of the Brussels-Capital Region. The arrondissement has an area of 1,168.83 km2 and has 502,602 inhabitants.
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  • Type: Locality with 503,000 residents
  • Description: 1 of 43 administrative arrondissements of Belgium
  • Also known as: “Arrondissement de Louvain”, “Leuven”, and “Leuven administrative Arrondissement”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dyle and Den Dreef.

River
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The is a river in central , left tributary of the . It is 86 kilometres long. It flows through the Belgian provinces of , and Antwerp.

Stadium
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, also known as King Power at for sponsorship reasons, is a football situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the suburb of in .

Railway station
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is the main railway station in , , Belgium. The station is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium and is located on railway line 36.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leuven and Zuid-Dijleland.

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is a flourishing and lively city of about 100,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of . It's a genuine university city which reflects in the streets.

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is a region of the . Local tourism services have created a hiking or walking node network which spans from to and to Ottenburg next to the linguistic border in the South.

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is a village in the Belgian province of and is a part of the municipality Huldenberg.

Arrondissement of Leuven

Latitude
50.8803° or 50° 52′ 49″ north
Longitude
4.7047° or 4° 42′ 17″ east
Population
503,000
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
9F26VPJ3+4V
Geo­Names ID
2792481
Wiki­data ID
Q93392
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vlaams—“Arrondissement of Leuven” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دائرة لوفان”
  • Arabic: “دائرة لوفن”
  • Armenian: “Լյովեն”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Лёвен”
  • Belarusian: “Лёвен (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Лёвен”
  • Belarusian: “Лёвенская адміністрацыйная акруга”
  • Belarusian: “Лёвэн”
  • Breton: “arondisamant Leuven”
  • Breton: “Arondisamant Leuven”
  • Bulgarian: “Льовен”
  • Catalan: “districte de Lovaina”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Lovaina”
  • Cebuano: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Chinese: “魯汶區”
  • Czech: “Arrondissement Lovaň”
  • Dutch: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Dutch: “Leuven”
  • Esperanto: “Arondismento Loveno”
  • Estonian: “Leuveni ringkond”
  • French: “arrondissement administratif de Louvain”
  • French: “Arrondissement administratif de Louvain”
  • French: “Louvain”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Lovaina”
  • German: “Arrondissement Löwen”
  • German: “Bezirk Löwen”
  • German: “Löwen”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα του Λέβεν”
  • Hungarian: “Leuven”
  • Irish: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Italian: “Arrondissement di Lovanio”
  • Japanese: “ルーヴェン行政区”
  • Latin: “Circumdarium administrativum Lovaniense”
  • Limburgan: “Leuve”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Léiwen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Persian: “ناحیه اداری لوان”
  • Polish: “Leuven (okręg)”
  • Polish: “Leuven”
  • Romanian: “Leuven”
  • Russian: “Лёвен”
  • Russian: “Лёвенский административный округ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leuven (arondisman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leuven”
  • Slovak: “Leuven”
  • Slovenian: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Leuven”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Lovaina”
  • Swedish: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Turkish: “Arrondissement Leuven”
  • Ukrainian: “Льовен”
  • Ukrainian: “округ Левен”
  • Urdu: “لووین کا ارونڈسمینٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Leuven”
  • Vlaams: “Arroundissement Leuvn”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Godsgeleerdheid and Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.

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