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{{About|the city in Austria|the football club|DSV Leoben|the ''Battlestar Galactica'' character|Leoben Conoy}} {{Refimprove|date=June 2009}} {{Expand German|topic=geo|Leoben|date=June 2010}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Leoben | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Municipality (Austria)|Municipality]] | image_skyline = {{multiple image |perrow = 1 / 2 |total_width = 250px |image1 = Murschleife mit Augarten, Asia Spa und Altstadt.jpg |image2 = Stadtpfarrkirche Leoben 1.jpg |image3 = Leoben 20070923.jpg |image4 = Leoben 09.JPG |image5 = Hauptplatz Leoben 1.jpg }} | image_caption = Clockwise from top: Old town by the river Mur, City parish church, ''Schwammerlturm'' and ''Murbrücke'', University of Leoben, Main Square with Old City Hall | imagesize = | image_shield = AUT Leoben COA.svg | image_flag = Flag_of_Leoben.gif | shield_size = 80x110px | shield_link = <!-- Maps --> | pushpin_map = Austria Styria#Austria | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Leoben district <!-- Location -->| coordinates = {{coord|47|22|54|N|15|05|50|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Austria]] | subdivision_type1 = [[States of Austria|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Styria]] | subdivision_type2 = [[District (Austria)|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Leoben District|Leoben]] | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 = <!-- Leaders --> | leader_title = [[Burgomaster|Mayor]] | leader_name = [[Kurt Wallner]] | leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }} | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = <!-- Statistics --> | area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}} | area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}} | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 541 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | population_as_of = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}} | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | established_title = | established_date = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset = +1 | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of Austria|LE]] | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in Austria|Postal code]] | postal_code = 8700 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Austria|Area code]] | area_code = 03842 | website = [https://www.leoben.at/en/ www.leoben.at], | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Leoben''' ({{IPA|de|leˈoːbn|-|De-Leoben.ogg}}) is a [[Styria]]n city in central [[Austria]], located on the [[Mur River|Mur river]]. With a population in 2023 of about 25,140 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the [[University of Leoben]], which specialises in mining. The [[Peace of Leoben]], an [[armistice]] between Austria and France preliminary to the [[Treaty of Campo Formio]], was signed in Leoben in 1797. The [[Justice Centre Leoben]] is a prison designed by architect Josef Hohensinn, which was completed in 2005.
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