Place:Zoutleeuw, Brabant, Belgium

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NameZoutleeuw
Alt namesLéausource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates50.833333°N 5.1°E
Located inBrabant, Belgium
Also located inVlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Belgium    
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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.

In 1999, UNESCO included the historical St. Leonard's Church as part of the World Heritage Site Belfries of Belgium and France.

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