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Leuven
Municipality
Leuven Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Leuven Location in Belgium Location of Leuven in Flemish Brabant
Coordinates: 50°53′N 04°42′E / 50.883°N 4.700°E / 50.883; 4.700
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Leuven
Government
• Mayor	Louis Tobback (sp.a)
• Governing party/ies	SP.A, CD&V
Area
• Total	57.51 km2 (22.20 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	101,396
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Postal codes	3000, 3001, 3010, 3012, 3018
Area codes	016
Website	www.leuven.be

Leuven (Dutch: [ˈløːvə(n)]  ( listen)) or Louvain (French: Louvain, pronounced [luvɛ̃]; German: Löwen) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

In 2007, 91,942 people lived there.^[2]

It is at 50° 52 North, 04° 42 East.^[3]

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.

Leuven is twinned with:

• 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
• Kraków, Poland^[4]
• Lüdenscheid, Germany
• Rennes, France
• Tainan, Taiwan

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

• Cristian, Romania
• New Delhi, India^[5]
• Stellenbosch, South Africa

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