Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a municipality and city[1] of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve had a total population of 29,521. The total area is 32.96 km2 which gives a population density of 896 inhabitants per km2.
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Ottignies, Louvain-la-Neuve, Céroux-Mousty, and Limelette. Louvain-la-Neuve (sometimes abbreviated as "LLN") is a new town developed from 1968 in order to provide a home for the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), the French-speaking part of the former Catholic University of Louvain on its separation from the Dutch-speaking part, which remained in the ancient city of Louvain (Leuven).
Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
Template:Main article Created in 1971, Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park is the first of its kind in Belgium and is the biggest one in Wallonia (the French-speaking part of Belgium). It covers 231 hectares (570 acres) spread over the area of the town of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and the municipality of Mont-Saint-Guibert (30 kilometres (19 mi) away from Brussels).
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Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Louvain
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Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
Economy
The Lhoist group, world leader in the lime, dolime and mineral solutions, has its head office in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (Limelette).
Transport
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is served by the railway stations Ottignies (an important interchange station and one of the busiest stations in Wallonia) and Louvain-la-Neuve.
Sports
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club (soccer)[2] and the Rugby Ottignies Club (rugby).[3]
Notable people
- Noémie Mayombo (born 1991), basketball player
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Loi tendant à accorder le titre de ville à la commune d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve". www.ejustice.just.fgov.be (in français). Belgian Official Gazette. 30 April 1982. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Royal Ottignies Stimont asbl". Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rugby Ottignies Club". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
External links
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- Municipality Website
- The Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park website
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- Facebook group for residents of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
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