The N2 road in Belgium is a road connecting Brussels and Maastricht passing Leuven, Diest and Hasselt. It starts in Brussels at the Madou crossroad on the small ring, heading northeast as the Chaussée de Louvain/Leuvensesteenweg, which crosses the municipalities of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, City of Brussels, Schaerbeek, Evere and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels, and then enter Flanders via the municipality of Zaventem, Flemish Brabant.

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National Route 2
Dutch: Nationale Weg 2 French: Route nationale 2
Route information
Length	95.079 km[1] (59.079 mi)
Major junctions
South end	R20 in Brussels
North end	P 589 to Maastricht
Location
Country	Belgium
Regions	Brussels, Flanders
Major cities	Brussels, Leuven, Diest, Hasselt, Bilzen
Highway system
Highways of Belgium Motorways National Roads

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When the road enters the municipality of Herent it is named Brusselsesteenweg up to Leuven. When it leaves Leuven, the road is named Diestsesteenweg as it leads to Diest. It is then named successively Staatsbaan, Leuvensesteenweg, Diestsesteenweg, Staatsbaan, Leuvensesteenweg and Eduard Robeynslaan. When leaving Diest and entering Halen, the road enters the province of Limburg. At this point, the road (named Halensebaan) crosses the European route E314. The subsequent names of the road are: Staatsbaan, Grote Baan, Diestsesteenweg, Steenweg, Diestersteenweg, Kuringersteenweg. Just before entering Hasselt, the road crosses the European route E313. When leaving Hasselt, it is named Diepenbekerweg, then Steenweg, Kapelstraat, Wijkstraat, Grendelbaan, Tipstraat, Beverststraat, Holt, Hasseltstestraat, Brugstraat, Maastrichterstraat, Bilzerbaan and Tweede Carabinierslaan. It then enters the Netherlands.

The road crosses in total 19 municipalities. 5 in the Brussels-capital Region, 8 in the province of Flemish Brabant and 6 in the province of Limburg. Full municipality list^[2] is available below, main municipalities are in bold.

More information Regions, Provinces ...

Regions	Provinces	Municipalities	Population	Length of N2 (km)
Brussels Capital Region	/	City of Brussels	188737	0.5
		Saint-Josse-ten-Noode	26965	1.1
		Schaerbeek	130690	1.8
		Evere	43608	1.4
		Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	58541	0.3
Flanders	Flemish Brabant	Zaventem	35916	6.7
		Kortenberg	20462	5.8
		Herent	22430	5.4
		Leuven	102236	7.4
		Lubbeek	14776	7.3
		Tielt-Winge	11037	7.9
		Bekkevoort	6459	6.2
		Diest	24516	5.5
	Limburg	Halen	9475	3.3
		Herk-de-Stad	12756	7.1
		Hasselt	79524	12.2
		Diepenbeek	19241	6.2
		Bilzen	32455	12.1
		Lanaken	26172	3.2

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