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Addresses in Leuven / Louvain (Leuven / Louvain), a municipality of 57.5 km² in which 101,624 people reside with a lower number of women compared to men (50.2%). The inhabitants are mostly owners (51%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 39 years and their average income is 20,706€ net per year. There is an average of 0.8 cars per household and is therefore below the national average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 81.5% Belgium
- 1.8% Netherlands
- 1.5% Chinea
- 1.1% India
- 1.1% Italy
- 1% Spain
- 0.9% Poland
- 11.2% Other

Maria, Marie, Anna, Godelieve and Anne are the first names you will come across the most in Leuven / Louvain for men and Jan, Marc, Johan, Luc and Bart for women.

In general, the accommodation you will find in Leuven / Louvain has 5.2 rooms or less than the national average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1951 and the breakdown is as follows: 47.5% houses and 52.5% apartment buildings.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 50.6% buildings and flat blocks
- 26.6% houses of the closed type
- 11% semi-closed type houses
- 8.2% open type houses, farms, castles
- 2.7% commercial houses
- 0.9% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Leuven / Louvain and work in these fields:
- 627 firms in the domain "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 432 firms active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 429 corporations present in "computer consultancy activities"
- 399 firms active in "legal activities"
- 346 firms present in "architectural activities"
- 252 corporations in the field "other business support service activities n.e.c."

In Leuven / Louvain, you are close to an access to the highway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen): you will be there in 2 minutes from the centre of Leuven / Louvain. An access to the highway A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 (Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Eupen - (Aachen, Germany)) can also be reached in 9 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Leuven / Louvain:
- N2
- N3
- N19
- N19e
- R23

The following shops are located in the town: 11 Carrefour, 6 SPAR, 6 Delhaize, 3 Louis Delhaize, 3 Colruyt, 2 Match / Smatch, 2 LIDL and 1 Bio-Planet.

If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune contains 45 nurseries (example: "De Ballon" or "Toverhuis 3"), 37 nursery schools ("Vrije Kleuterschool Blauwput" or "Go! Basisschool De Nova Kids"), 38 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint-Jansschool" or "Vrije Basisschool Terbank-Egenhoven" for example) and 35 secondary schools ("De Nova" or "De Wijnpers - Provinciaal Onderwijs Leuven").

You will find 66 lines of bus different lines that stop in Leuven / Louvain:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 2: Heverlee Campus - Leuven - Kessel-Lo Hulsberg
- Bus De Lijn, Line 3: Hasselt - Wellen - Borgloon - Heers
- Bus De Lijn, Line 5: Hasselt - Nieuwerkerken - Sint-Truiden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 630: Wijgmaal Station - Haasrode Brabanthal
- Bus De Lijn, Line 8: Genk - Overpelt

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Löwen / Louvain / Leuven", "Heverlee", "Herent", "Wijgmaal", "Veltem".

Within the perimeter of Leuven / Louvain, you will find 16 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.

In 15 minutes by car or 24 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Brussels Airport.

You will also have the possibility to rent a bike "Blue-bike" thanks to the 3 stations available in the commune. You don't need to own your own car but have an occasional need? No worries, your commune has 38 stations "Cambio" !