Leuven facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leuven
Leuven Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Community	Flemish Community
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Leuven
Area
• Total	56.63 km2 (21.86 sq mi)
Population  (January 2010)
• Total	95,463
• Density	1,685.73/km2 (4,366.0/sq mi)
Demographics
• Foreigners	9.43% (1 July 2005)
Postal codes	3000, 3001, 3010, 3012, 3018
Area codes	016

Leuven or Louvain (French: Louvain German: Löwen) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

In 2007, 91,942 people lived there.

It is at 50° 52 North, 04° 42 East.

Leuven hosts Belgium's biggest university - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. So, Leuven is very young populated city, and there were more than 45,000 students in Leuven in 2012.

Leuven also has a long history. The town hall in the city centre dates from the Middle Ages.

International relations

Twin towns/sister cities

Leuven is twinned with:

• 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
• Kraków, Poland
• Lüdenscheid, Germany
• Rennes, France
• Tainan, Taiwan

Friendly relations

Aside from the aforementioned cities, Leuven has friendly relations with:

• Cristian, Romania
• New Delhi, India
• Stellenbosch, South Africa

Images for kids

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  "Loven ou Louvain" on the Ferraris map (around 1775)

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  View over Leuven, late 19th century

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  Fonske was designed by Jef Claerhout.

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  View of the Oude Markt, by Wolfgang de Smet, c. 1650-1700

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  View of the Grote Markt, by Michael Neher, 1854

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  Town hall

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  View of the Brusselsestraat from De Grote Markt

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  The University Library

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  Fonske

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  Jacquemart at the Collegiate church in Leuven

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  Castle Arenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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  Leuven train station

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  Groot-Begijnhof

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  Adrian-VI College

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  Martelarenplein

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  Rector De Somerplein

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  Oude Markt

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  St. Peter's church

See also

In Spanish: Lovaina para niños