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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 Great Beguinage.
Dyle
River
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dyle is a river in central Belgium, left tributary of the Rupel. It is 86 kilometres long. It flows through the Belgian provinces of Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp.
Great Beguinage
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Great Beguinage of Leuven is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium.
Den Dreef
Stadium
Photo: George Bryce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Den Dreef, also known as King Power at Den Dreef for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leuven and Zuid-Dijleland.
Leuven
Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.
Leuven is a flourishing and lively city of about 100,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It's a genuine university city which reflects in the streets.
Zuid-Dijleland
Photo: Polyglot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zuid-Dijleland is a region of the Flemish Brabant. Local tourism services have created a hiking or walking node network which spans from Tervuren to Leuven and to Ottenburg next to the linguistic border in the South.
Neerijse
Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.
Neerijse is a village in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant and is a part of the municipality Huldenberg.
Arrondissement of Leuven
- Category: arrondissements of Belgium
- Location: Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vlaams—“Arrondissement of Leuven” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دائرة لوفان”
- 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: “округ Левен”
- Vietnamese: “Leuven”
- Vlaams: “Arroundissement Leuvn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blauwput and Kareelveld.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Godsgeleerdheid and Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.
Flemish Brabant: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Leuven, Kraainem, Vilvoorde, and Aarschot.
Curious Places to Discover
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