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Leuven
(
Dutch:
[?løːv?(n)]
(
listen
)
) or
Louvain
(
French
:
Louvain
,
pronounced
[luv??]
;
German
:
Lowen
) 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:
Aside from the aforementioned cities, Leuven has friendly relations with:
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