Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve | |
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Municipality | |
) The Town Hall | |
) Flag ) Coat of arms | |
)  Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve Location in Belgium The municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve in Walloon Brabant  | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′N 04°30′E / 50.667°N 4.500°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | French Community |
| Region | Wallonia |
| Province | Walloon Brabant |
| Arrondissement | Nivelles |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Luc Roland (Ecolo) |
| • Governing party/ies | Ecolo, ICH, PS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.43 km2 (11.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 31,385 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1340-1342, 1348 |
| Area codes | 010 |
| Website | www.olln.be |
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a Walloon municipality 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
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).
Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
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Sports
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club (soccer)[2] and the Rugby Ottignies Club (rugby)[3]
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Royal Ottignies Stimont asbl". Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Rugby Ottignies Club". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
External links
Media related to Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality Website
- The Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park website
- Louvain-la-Neuve WebTV
- Facebook group for residents of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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