Flanders
Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement of Leuven

Leuven

Leuven 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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  • Type: City with 102,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Flemish Brabant, Belgium
  • Also known as: “24062” and “Louvain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Den Dreef and Great Beguinage.

Stadium
Photo: George Bryce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as King Power at for sponsorship reasons, is a football situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the suburb of Leuven in .

Protected area
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The of Leuven is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium.

Museum
Photo: Sally V, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or simply M is an art museum in the inner city of Leuven, , which was officially opened in 2009. The museum has a collection of some 46,000 works, which range from late-Gothic paintings and sculptures to 16th century local artists…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heverlee and Kessel-Lo.

Town
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Leuven.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977.

Leuven

Latitude
50.8792° or 50° 52′ 45″ north
Longitude
4.7012° or 4° 42′ 4″ east
Population
102,000
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
9F26VPH2+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1448497912
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2792483
Wiki­data ID
Q118958
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Leuven” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leuven”
  • Afrikaans: “Louvain”
  • Albanian: “Leuven”
  • Arabic: “لوفان”
  • Arabic: “لوفن”
  • Arabic: “لويفن”
  • Armenian: “Լյովեն”
  • Armenian: “Լյուվեն”
  • Asturian: “Leuven”
  • Asturian: “Louvain”
  • Asturian: “Löwen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leuven”
  • Azerbaijani: “Löven”
  • Basque: “Leuven”
  • Basque: “Lovaina-Leuven”
  • Basque: “Lovaina”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Лёвен”
  • Belarusian: “Лёвен”
  • Belarusian: “Лёвэн”
  • Belarusian: “Лувен”
  • Bengali: “লিউভেন”
  • Breton: “Leuven”
  • Breton: “Louvain”
  • Bulgarian: “Лувен”
  • Bulgarian: “Льовен”
  • Catalan: “Leuven”
  • Catalan: “Lovaina”
  • Cebuano: “Leuven”
  • Chavacano: “Leuven”
  • Chinese: “勒芬”
  • Chinese: “盧凡”
  • Chinese: “盧萬”
  • Chinese: “魯汶”
  • Chinese: “鲁汶”
  • Croatian: “Leuven”
  • Czech: “Leuven”
  • Czech: “Louvain”
  • Czech: “Lovaň”
  • Czech: “Löwen”
  • Danish: “Leuven”
  • Danish: “Louvain”
  • Dutch: “Leuven”
  • Dutch: “Louvain”
  • Dutch: “Stad Leuven”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لويفن”
  • Esperanto: “Leuven”
  • Esperanto: “Louvain”
  • Esperanto: “Loveno”
  • Esperanto: “Luveno”
  • Estonian: “Leuven”
  • Estonian: “Louvain”
  • Finnish: “Leuven”
  • Finnish: “Louvain”
  • French: “Leuven”
  • French: “Louvain”
  • Galician: “Lovaina”
  • German: “Leuven”
  • German: “Löwen”
  • Greek: “Λέβεν”
  • Greek: “Λέουβεν”
  • Gujarati: “લ્યુવેન”
  • Hebrew: “לובן”
  • Hebrew: “לוון”
  • Hindi: “लोवेन”
  • Hungarian: “Leuven”
  • Icelandic: “Leuven”
  • Ido: “Leuven”
  • Indonesian: “Leuven”
  • Indonesian: “Louvain”
  • Indonesian: “Löwen”
  • Interlingue: “Leuven”
  • Irish: “Leuven”
  • Irish: “Lobháin”
  • Irish: “Louvain”
  • Irish: “Lováin”
  • Italian: “Leuven”
  • Italian: “Louvain”
  • Italian: “Lovanio”
  • Japanese: “リューヴェン”
  • Japanese: “リューフェン”
  • Japanese: “ルーヴァン”
  • Japanese: “ルーヴェン”
  • Japanese: “ルーフェン”
  • Japanese: “レーヴェン”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯುವೆನ್”
  • Korean: “뢰번”
  • Korean: “루뱅”
  • Latin: “Lovanii”
  • Latin: “Lovanium”
  • Latvian: “Lēvena”
  • Limburgan: “Leuve”
  • Limburgan: “Leuven”
  • Limburgan: “Liúvë”
  • Lithuanian: “Leuven”
  • Lithuanian: “Leuvenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Levenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Louvain”
  • Lithuanian: “Löwen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Léiwen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leuven”
  • Luxembourgish: “Louvain”
  • Macedonian: “Левен”
  • Malay: “Leuven”
  • Maltese: “Leuven”
  • Maltese: “Louvain”
  • Marathi: “ल्यूव्हेन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lööwen (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lööwen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leuven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Louvain”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leuven”
  • Norwegian: “Leuven”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lovaina”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Luuaine”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Luuein”
  • Persian: “لون”
  • Persian: “لوون”
  • Picard: “Louvain”
  • Piemontese: “Leuven”
  • Polish: “Leuven”
  • Polish: “Louvain”
  • Polish: “Lowanium”
  • Portuguese: “Leuven”
  • Portuguese: “Louvain”
  • Portuguese: “Lovaina”
  • Portuguese: “Luvaina”
  • Romanian: “Leuven”
  • Romanian: “Louvain”
  • Russian: “Leuven”
  • Russian: “Левен”
  • Russian: “Лёвен”
  • Russian: “Лувен”
  • Scots: “Leuven”
  • Serbian: “Leuven”
  • Serbian: “Leven”
  • Serbian: “Louvain”
  • Serbian: “Löwen”
  • Serbian: “Luven”
  • Serbian: “Левен”
  • Serbian: “Лубен”
  • Serbian: “Лувен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leuven”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leven”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Louvain”
  • Silesian: “Leuven”
  • Sinhala: “ලියුවෙන්”
  • Slovak: “Leuven”
  • Slovenian: “Leuven”
  • Spanish: “Leuven”
  • Spanish: “Louvain”
  • Spanish: “Lovaina”
  • Spanish: “Löwen”
  • Swahili: “Leuven”
  • Swedish: “Leuven”
  • Swedish: “Louvain”
  • Tamil: “லீயுவென்”
  • Tatar: “Лөвен”
  • Telugu: “ల్యువెన్”
  • Thai: “Leuven”
  • Thai: “ลูแว็ง”
  • Thai: “เลอเฟิน”
  • Thai: “เลอเวิน”
  • Turkish: “Leuven”
  • Turkish: “Louvain”
  • Turkish: “Lovanium”
  • Turkish: “Löwen”
  • Ukrainian: “Левен”
  • Ukrainian: “Льовен”
  • Urdu: “لووین”
  • Venetian: “Lovanio”
  • Vietnamese: “Leuven”
  • Vlaams: “Leuven”
  • Vlaams: “Leuvn”
  • Volapük: “Leuven”
  • Volapük: “Louvain”
  • Walloon: “Lovén”
  • Walloon: “Vî-Lovén”
  • Walloon: “Vîye-Lovagne”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leuven”
  • Welsh: “Leuven”
  • Welsh: “Louvain”
  • Western Armenian: “Լյովեն”
  • Western Frisian: “Leuven”
  • Wu Chinese: “鲁汶”
  • Yue Chinese: “魯汶”
  • Zeeuws: “Leuven”
  • “Leuven”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Leuven”. Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.