Baschleiden () is a village in the

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Boulaide Boulaide (; lb, Bauschelt ; german: Bauschleiden) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ...

, in north-western

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. , the village had a population of 176. It was the birthplace of Charles-Gérard Eyschen (1800–1859), who became Director-General for Justice.Mersch (1953), p. 78, and of Hieronymus Busleyden (1470?-1517), archdean of Cambrais, member of the High Council of Mechlin for the Burgundy lands, and co-founder (with Erasmus) of Leuven's Collegium Trilingue, a.k.a. Collegium Buslidium. His city mansion in Mechlin, Hof van Busleyden, is now a museum. In Leuven, the Busleydengang (Busleyden Alley) leads to what's left of Trilingue.

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* Boulaide Villages in Luxembourg {{Wiltz-geo-stub