Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
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 / 50.667; 4.500Coordinates: 50°40′N 04°30′E / 50.667°N 4.500°E / 50.667; 4.500
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)
• 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.

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

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club.