Arrondissement of Leuven
The Leuven Arrondissement is one of two arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It lies east of the Brussels-Capital Region. The arrondissement has an area of 1,168.83 km2 and has 502,602 inhabitants.
- Type: Locality with 503,000 residents
- Description: 1 of 43 administrative arrondissements of Belgium
- Also known as: “Arrondissement de Louvain”, “Leuven administrative Arrondissement”, “Löwen”, “Okrožje Leuven”, “Лёвен (акруга)”, “Лёвенская адміністрацыйная акруга”, and “Лёвенский административный округ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dyle and Den Dreef.
Leuven railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leuven and Zuid-Dijleland.
Leuven
Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.
Arrondissement of Leuven
- Category: arrondissements of Belgium
- Location: Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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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
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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: “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”
- 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”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Leuven (arondisman)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Leuven”
- Slovak: “Leuven”
- Slovenian: “Arrondissement 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
Places to explore: Leuven and Blauwput.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Godsgeleerdheid and Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.
Flemish Brabant: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Leuven and Kraainem.
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