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Leuven

Leuven
NameLeuven
PictureLeuven.jpg
Picture-legendLeuven Town Hall.
Map-legendLocation of Leuven in Flemish Brabant
ArmsStadswapen Leuven.gif
FlagFlag of Leuven.svg
Region 
Community 
Province 
ArrondissementLeuven
Nis24062
Pyramid-date01/01/2006
0-1919.59
20-6463.45
6516.95
Foreigners9.43
Foreigners-date01/07/2005
MayorLouis Tobback (SP.A)
MajoritySP.A-Vl.Pro, CD&V-N-VA
Postal-codes3000, 3001, 3010, 3012, 3018
Telephone-area016
Webwww.leuven.be
Lat Deg50
Lat Min53
Lon Deg04
Lon Min42

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Leuven (Dutch, pronounced ; , often used in English, ) is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre.

The township comprises the historical city of Leuven and the former municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal.

It is home to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer group and one of the top five largest consumer goods companies in the world; and to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence.

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Egea Leuven and Brussels expand their horizons
0.32 min. | 2.71 user rating		 Selah Sue, real name Sanne Putseys, was born in Leuven, Belgium on the 3rd of May, 1989. Selah started playing classic guitar when she was 15. At 17, she participated in an open mic night at Het Depot, a small venue in Leuven. Milow, real name Jonathan Vandenbroeck - a successful Belgian singer and organiser of the event, saw her performance and asked her to be his support act. Sanne accepted, wrote more songs and is steadily gaining the respect she deserves. www.myspace.com
3.60 min. | 4.96 user rating		 Suivez toute l'actu du web et des médias sur Facebook www.odbuzz.com En Belgique, toutes les forces vives rebouchent les nids de poule sur nos routes ! Mais à 15 pour un trou ...(cela se passe à louvain) - In Belgïe, alle werkmannen zijn bezig de gaten op de banen te vervullen !! Maar 15 voor en gat !!!(dit gebeurt te Leuven) ODBuzz.com by Olivier de Bruges
0.80 min. | 4.46 user rating		 Selah Sue, real name Sanne Putseys, was born in Leuven, Belgium on the 3rd of May, 1989. Selah started playing classic guitar when she was 15. At 17, she participated in an open mic night in Het Depot, a small venue in Leuven. Milow, real name Jonathan Vandenbroeck - a successful Belgian singer and organiser of the event, saw her performance and asked her to be his support act. Sanne accepted, wrote more songs and is steadily gaining the respect she deserves. www.myspace.com
4.02 min. | 4.92 user rating		 Fragment uit de live DVD 'Live in Leuven' van de Slimmer dan de Zanger tour van bart Peeters. Met de groeten van Bart himself! www.bartpeeters.net
5.05 min. | 4.87 user rating
Live @ Martelarenplein Leuven for 'Music For Life'
3.80 min. | 4.65 user rating		 Another video I recorded at this concert: www.youtube.com Gig played on may 26 2009 in Leuven, Belgium. Location: Predikherenkerk (a Dominican Church). www.stuk.be Info about the church (in Dutch): nl.wikipedia.org More info about the church (in Dutch): www.vioe.be My website: www.eliekolonie.net This video (image + audio) was shot with a Sony DSC W200 pocket camera.
11.00 min. | 4.74 user rating		 "Battle of the beats", in Leuven (zaal Lido) op 13 maart 2007.
4.37 min. | 4.05 user rating		 Live at Het Depot, Leuven, Belgium, Wednesday February 23, 2011
4.37 min. | 4.63 user rating		 Ho'Down 2006 - Europeans Do It Better! Gavin DeGraw live from Leuven, Belgium on august 14th 2006 playing She Holds The Key. (Sound gets a bit bad halfway thru, it started to really rain a lot so I needed to protect my camera a bit with a my hand)
5.77 min. | 4.94 user rating

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Belgium's Catholic University of Leuven may drop 'Catholic' from its name - Catholic Culture Tweet this news
Catholic Culture--The Catholic University of -Leuven- in Belgium may drop its institutional affiliation with the Church. The Fleming-language University of -Leuven-�which until ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:04:13 GMT+00:00
IMEC sets up R&D center in Taiwan - EETimes.com Tweet this news
EETimes.com---...- projects with industry and academia that will result in electronic designs, components and technology solutions, according to IMEC (-Leuven-, Belgium). ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:59:18 GMT+00:00
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prMac (press release)--[prMac.com] -Leuven-, Belgium - Orbicule today is pleased to introduce Incognito 1.0, their free Safari extension that helps ensure greater privacy by ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:42:06 GMT+00:00
Louvain may drop 'Catholic' from its name - CathNews Asia Tweet this news
CathNews Asia--Belgian newspaper De Standaard has reported that the Katholieke Universiteit -Leuven-, one of Europe's oldest universities, is planning to drop the ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:44:56 GMT+00:00

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