Zoutleeuw
Sign in to saveZoutleeuw (; ) is a municipality and city in the Hageland, in the extreme east of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 8,498 inhabitants. The total area is 46.73 km2, giving a population density of 182 inhabitants per km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Zoutleeuw
- Belgium municipality.type
- city
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Zoutleeuw aerial view.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Zoutleeuw Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Zoutleeuw in Flemish Brabant
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Armoiries Léau.png
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Zoutleeuw.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Leuven
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 24130
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Boudewijn Herbots (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3440
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 011
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.zoutleeuw.be
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fortified town
- Named after
- halite
- Demonym
- Leeuwenaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Leuven
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 8498
- Area
- 46.73
- Shares border with
- Sint-Truiden
- Official website
- www.zoutleeuw.be
- Image
- Zoutleeuw - Casa de la vila.jpg
- Dialing code
- 011
- Patron saint
- Leonard of Noblac
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- Commons category
- Zoutleeuw
- topic's main category
- Category:Zoutleeuw
- postal code
- 3440
- annual number of weddings
- 28
- located in/on physical feature
- Hageland
- phone number
- +32-11-94-90-00
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P13200
- east
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Zoutleeuw (; ) is a municipality and city in the Hageland, in the extreme east of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 8,498 inhabitants. The total area is 46.73 km2, giving a population density of 182 inhabitants per km2.
The name Leeuw means "lion", to which Zout ("salt") was added from the 16th century in recognition of the town's right to levy a salt tax.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zoutleeuw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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