Thus the station is today usually held to be named after the municipality of Kraainem, even though it is not actually located on its territory, but partly under the Brussels-Woluwe campus of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).
The station's official designation is linked to Kraainem, although it doesn't directly fall under its administrative boundaries. It shares a portion of its land with the University of Louvain's Brussels-Woluwe campus.