Zoutleeuw is a municipality and city in the Hageland area in the far east of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, with 8,498 inhabitants recorded on January 1, 2018, across 46.73 square kilometers. Its name combines Leeuw, meaning lion, with Zout, meaning salt, added from the 16th century in recognition of the town's historical right to collect a salt tax. In 1999 UNESCO designated the town's St. Leonard's Church part of the Belfries of Belgium and France World Heritage Site.
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1. Zoutleeuw (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 8,498 (2018)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 5.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 5.25
50.75 5.25 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Zoutleeuw - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2783170, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2783170, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.83316 5.10376 P PPL BE VLG VBR 24 24130 7897 30 Europe/Brussels
Zoutleeuw (Wikipedia)
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