Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve | |||
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Municipality | |||
The Town Hall | |||
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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°ECoordinates: 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 (1 January 2016)[1] | |||
• Total | 31,562 | ||
• 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 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).
- Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Louvain
- Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
Sports
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club.[2]
References
- ↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2016 (XLS; 397 KB)
- ↑ "Royal Ottignies Stimont asbl". Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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). "Ottignies". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Rixensart, Wavre | ||||
Lasne | Chaumont-Gistoux | |||
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Genappe | Court-Saint-Étienne, Mont-Saint-Guibert |