Landen is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...

. The municipality comprises the city of Landen proper and the towns of Attenhoven, Eliksem

Eliksem

Eliksem is a village located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.It is part of the municipality of Landen.The village is known for the Battle of Elixheim, where the word Elixheim is an 18th century English/French transformation of Eliksem....

, Ezemaal, Laar

Laar

Laar is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community’s name comes from the Old Dutch for “glade in the woods”.-Location:...

, Neerlanden, Neerwinden

Neerwinden

Neerwinden is a village in Belgium in the province of Flemish Brabant, a few miles southeast of Tienen, and is now part of the municipality of Landen....

, Overwinden, Rumsdorp, Waasmont, Walsbets, Walshoutem, Wange and Wezeren. On January 1, 2006 Landen had a total population of 14,682. The total area is 54.05 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 272 inhabitants per km².

It is the birthplace of Pippin of Landen

Pippin of Landen

Pepin of Landen , also called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian king Dagobert I from 623 to 629...

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External links

• Official website - Only available in Dutch
  Dutch language
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