Leuven
Leuven is a city in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders and has about 101,000 residents. Leuven is situated nearby to the protected area Great Beguinage, as well as near the town Heverlee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: town in Leuven municipality, Belgium
- Also known as: “Louvain” and “Middelpunt der Stad Leuven”
Places of Interest Nearby
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 Heverlee and Kessel-Lo.
Heverlee
Town
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heverlee is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.
Kessel-Lo
Village
Photo: Álvaro Rebón, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kessel-Lo is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Leuven.
Bertem
Town
Photo: Fnorp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bertem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Bertem proper, Korbeek-Dijle and Leefdaal. Bertem is situated 5 km west of Leuven.
Leuven
- Categories: city, town, and tourism
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.8804° or 50° 52′ 49″ northLongitude
4.7004° or 4° 42′ 2″ eastPopulation
101,000Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)IATA airport code
ZGKUnited Nations Location Code
BE LEUOpen location code
9F26VPJ2+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 3101985193OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
2792482Wikidata ID
Q21765562
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Leuven” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Leuven”
- Bulgarian: “Льовен”
- Catalan: “Lovaina”
- Cebuano: “Leuven”
- Chinese: “鲁汶”
- Czech: “Lovaň”
- Dutch: “Leuven”
- Esperanto: “Loveno”
- Finnish: “Leuven”
- French: “Leuven”
- French: “Louvain”
- German: “Löwen”
- Greek: “Λέουβεν”
- Hebrew: “לוון”
- Irish: “Leuven”
- Irish: “Lobháin”
- Irish: “Louvain”
- Irish: “Lováin”
- Italian: “Leuven”
- Italian: “Lovanio”
- Japanese: “ルーヴェン”
- Japanese: “レーヴェン”
- Latin: “Lovanium”
- Limburgan: “Leuve”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leuven”
- Polish: “Leuven”
- Portuguese: “Lovaina”
- Romanian: “Louvain”
- Russian: “Лёвен”
- Serbian: “Лувен”
- Slovenian: “Leuven”
- Slovenian: “Louvain”
- Spanish: “Lovaina”
- Swedish: “Leuven”
- Turkish: “Leuven”
- “Leuven”
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