Louvain can refer to two distinct cities in Belgium:
- Louvain, the French name of Leuven and often used in English, yet abandoned by the University of Leuven to avoid confusion with Louvain-la-Neuve;
- Louvain-la-Neuve, the French-speaking city created in the 1960s. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Leuven ( French: Louvain, often used in English German: Löwen) is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States History After much deliberation the University administration agreed on a building site near the town of Ottignies, in the French-speaking part of the province of History After much deliberation the University administration agreed on a building site near the town of Ottignies, in the French-speaking part of the province of
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