Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

 ( Cities In Wallonia ) 

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgium 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 deelgemeente: 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 language part of the former Catholic University of Louvain on its separation from the Dutch language part, which remained in the ancient city of Leuven ( Leuven).

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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 spread over the area of the town of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and the municipality of Mont-Saint-Guibert ( away from Brussels).

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Economy The Lhoist group, world leader in the lime, dolime and mineral solutions, has its head office in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (Limelette).

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Sports Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club (soccer) and the Rugby Ottignies Club (Rugby union).

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External links

• Municipality Website
• The Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park website
• Louvain-la-Neuve WebTV
• Facebook group for residents of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

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