Heverlee

Location of Heverlee in Belgium

Heverlee (Dutch: [ˈɦeːvərleː]) is a town in Belgium. It is a deelgemeente of the city of Leuven. Heverlee is bordered by Herent, Bertem, Oud Heverlee and several other municipalities that are part of Leuven (including Leuven proper and Kessel-Lo).

The town is the location of the Heverlee War Cemetery for Commonwealth casualties from the Second World War.

The town also harbours a significant part of the university campus of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The Arenberg campus is the main area for research and educational facilities for exact sciences (The Science, Engineering and Technology Group). These contain the Faculty of Engineering (see Arenberg Château, the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and the Faculty of Science. A part of the Biomedical Group, namely the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences also has its main facilities on the campus.

Another higher education facility has some facilities in Heverlee. The Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven lies next to the Heilig Hart-Instituut, which is a school for secondary education.

Also situated in Heverlee is the Den Dreef stadium, home of the Belgian 1st Division football team Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

The Cyclocross Leuven is a cyclo-cross race held in January.

Heverlee also has industrial parks with all kinds of companies, some of which are affiliated (as spin-offs) with the university and its research. IMEC, Thrombogenics and Option N.V. are some of the most important ones.

The Brabanthal is a large hall, mostly for recreational events.