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The Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.It is situated between the Oude Markt ("Old Square") and the Rector De Somerplein ("Rector De Somer Square", named for Pieter De Somer, the first rector of the autonomous Dutch-speaking Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in 1968) and near both the ...
The Leuven fair is held annually in the first three weeks of September on the Oude Markt, while the Student welcome is held annually at the end of September. There is also Hapje-Tapje (literally: a little snack-a small drink , approximately pronounced in English as hap-yeh, tap-yeh ): a gastronomical market with a bartender race, at the ...
The Leuven Arrondissement (Dutch: Arrondissement Leuven; French: Arrondissement de Louvain) is one of two arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It lies east of the Brussels-Capital Region. The arrondissement has an area of 1,168.83 km 2 (451.29 sq mi) and has (as of January 1, 2017) 502,602 inhabitants.
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The Province of Brabant (/ b r ə ˈ b æ n t /, US also / b r ə ˈ b ɑː n t, ˈ b r ɑː b ən t /; [1] [2] [3] Dutch: [ˈbraːbɑnt] ⓘ) was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995. It was created in 1815 as South Brabant , part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . [ 4 ]
Flemish Brabant (Dutch: Vlaams-Brabant [ˌvlaːmz ˈbraːbɑnt] ⓘ; [a] French: Brabant flamand [bʁabɑ̃ flamɑ̃] ⓘ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Liège , Walloon Brabant , Hainaut and East Flanders .
Walloon Brabant: Waals-Brabant: Brabant wallon: Wallonisch-Brabant Wavre: Gilles Mahieu: Since 2015: 1,097 km 2 (424 sq mi) 414,130 380/km 2 (980/sq mi) 1300–1499 BE.BW: BE10: WBR Brussels; Brussels Capital Region: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale: Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt Brussels City: Rudi Vervoort: Since ...
The Great Beguinage of Leuven (Dutch: Groot Begijnhof van Leuven) is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium.