Leuven
Leuven is a locality in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders and has about 101,000 residents. Leuven is situated nearby to the neighborhood Blauwput, as well as near the locality Kareelveld.Photo: Frederik de Wit, Public domain.
- Type: Locality with 101,000 residents
- Description: town in Leuven municipality, Belgium
- Also known as: “Louvain”
- Postal code: 3000
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dyle and Den Dreef.
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.
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.
Leuven railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leuven railway station is the main railway station in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, 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 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. The city was merged into Leuven as a sub-municipality on 1 January 1977.
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 and town
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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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: “Louvain”
- German: “Löwen”
- Greek: “Λέουβεν”
- Hebrew: “לוון”
- 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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