Leuven

Leuven, also known in French as Louvain, is a Dutch-speaking city and municipality in Belgium, the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, about 25 kilometres east of Brussels. The municipality includes the former separate communities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal as well as parts of Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo. The earliest mention of the place, then called Loven, dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated there by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia. Leuven has been a university city since 1425, which makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries, and KU Leuven, the largest Dutch-speaking university in the world, has its flagship campus there. The city is also home to the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,000 inhabitants.