Leuven

E78057

city municipality

Leuven is a historic Belgian city known for hosting KU Leuven, one of Europe’s leading research universities, and for its vibrant academic and cultural life.

Aliases (1)

Louvain, Belgium ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
capitalOf	Flemish Brabant NERFINISHED →
country	Belgium →
distanceTo	approximately 25 km east of Brussels →
elevation	approximately 25 m above sea level →
foundedInCentury	9th century →
hasArea	approximately 57 km² →
hasLandmark	Arenberg Castle → Groot Begijnhof Leuven → Leuven Town Hall → Old Market Square, Leuven → St Peter's Church, Leuven → University Library of KU Leuven →
hasMayor	Mohamed Ridouani →
hasPopulation	over 100000 inhabitants →
hasRailwayStation	Leuven railway station →
hasSportsClub	Oud-Heverlee Leuven →
hasTwinTown	Freiburg im Breisgau NERFINISHED → Kraków → Lille → Lviv → S’Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED →
hasUniversity	KU Leuven NERFINISHED → LUCA School of Arts → UC Leuven-Limburg NERFINISHED →
hostsEvent	Docville documentary film festival → Leuven Innovation Beer Festival →
isHeadquartersOf	Anheuser-Busch InBev →
knownFor	Gothic architecture → KU Leuven NERFINISHED → beer culture → historic city centre → vibrant student life →
languageOfficial	Dutch →
locatedIn	Flanders NERFINISHED → Flemish Brabant NERFINISHED → Flemish Region NERFINISHED →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
locatedOnRiver	Dyle →
partOf	Arrondissement of Leuven →
postalCode	3000 → 3001 → 3010 → 3012 → 3018 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains	Groot Begijnhof Leuven →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Duchy of Brabant → Flanders →	contains
International Federation of Catholic Universities ("Louvain, Belgium") → LERU →	foundingLocation
Georges Lemaître →	burialPlace
Duchy of Brabant →	capital
League of European Research Universities →	headquarters location
LERU →	headquartersLocation
Catholic University of Leuven →	locatedIn
Low Countries →	majorCity
Eleanor of Austria →	placeOfBirth
Georges Lemaître →	placeOfDeath
Desiderius Erasmus →	residence
Georges Lemaître →	workLocation