Country Belgium Region Wallonia Arrondissement Nivelles Population 30,283 (1 Jan 2008) Area code 010 | Community French Community Province Walloon Brabant Postal codes 1340-1342, 1348 Local time Tuesday 1:28 AM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 61% Humidity University Université catholique de Louvain | ||
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.
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Map of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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 Université catholique de Louvain, the French-speaking part of the former Université de Louvain on its separation from the Dutch-speaking part, which remained in the ancient city of 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).
Sports
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club.