Editing Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
|native_name     = {{native_name|wa|Ocgniye-Li Noû Lovén}}
|picture         = Belgique - Ottignies - maison communale - 01.jpg
|picture-legend  = The Town Hall
|map             = Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = The municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve in Walloon Brabant
|arms            = Blason ville BE Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve.svg
|flag            = Drapeau Ottignies-LLN.svg
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Nivelles|Nivelles]]
|nis             = 25121
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date =
|mayor           = Julie Chantry (Ecolo)
|majority        = [[Ecolo]]-[[Les Engagés|Avenir]]-[[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]]
|postal-codes    = 1340-1342, 1348
|telephone-area  = 010
|web             = [http://www.olln.be/ www.olln.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|40|N|04|30|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔtiɲi luvɛ̃ la nœv|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Ocgniye-Li Noû Lovén}}) is a city and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Walloon Brabant|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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 896 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|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|University of Louvain]] (UCLouvain), the [[French language|French-speaking]] part of the former [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]] on its separation from the [[Dutch language|Dutch-speaking]] part, which remained in the ancient city of [[Leuven|Louvain]] (''Leuven'').

==Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park==
{{main article|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 {{convert|231|ha}} spread over the area of the town of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and the municipality of Mont-Saint-Guibert ({{convert|30|km}} away from [[Brussels]]).

<gallery>
File:Louvain-la-Neuve JPG.jpg|Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Louvain
Image:Vueaerienne2.jpg|Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
</gallery>
==Economy==
The Lhoist group, world leader in the lime, dolime and mineral solutions, has its head office in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (Limelette).

==Sports==

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club ([[soccer]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Ottignies Stimont asbl |url=http://www.royalottigniesstimont.be/|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> and the Rugby Ottignies Club ([[Rugby union|rugby]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Rugby Ottignies Club |url=http://www.rugbyottigniesclub.be/|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.olln.be/ Municipality Website]
* [http://www.llnsciencepark.be The Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park website]
* [http://www.llnwebtv.be Louvain-la-Neuve WebTV]
* [http://www.facebook.com/groups/20363292467/ Facebook group for residents of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve]
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Ottignies}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
|N  = [[Rixensart]], [[Wavre]]
|E  = [[Chaumont-Gistoux]]
|S  = [[Court-Saint-Étienne]], [[Mont-Saint-Guibert]]
|SW = [[Genappe]]
|W  = [[Lasne]]
}}
{{Walloon Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Walloon Brabant]]