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Country
  
Belgium

Region
  
Arrondissement
  
Leuven

Postal code
  
3440

Local time
  
Sunday 12:59 PM

Community
  
Province
  
Postal codes
  
3440

Population
  
7,983 (1 Jan 2007)

Area code
  
011

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Weather
  
14°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 61% Humidity

Zoutleeuw ( [ˌzʌu̯tˈleːu], French: Léau) is a municipality and city in the Hageland, in the extreme east of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 7,947 inhabitants. The total area is 46.73 km², giving a population density of 170 inhabitants per km².

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Map of Zoutleeuw, Belgium

The name Leeuw means "hill", to which Zout ("salt") was added from the 16th century in recognition of the town's right to levy a salt tax.

Other centres

As well as Zoutleeuw proper, the municipality also comprises the villages of:

  • Budingen
  • Dormaal
  • Halle-Booienhoven
  • Helen-Bos
  • References

    Zoutleeuw Wikipedia


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