Place:Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Brabant, Belgium

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NameOttignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
TypeMunicipality
Located inBrabant, Belgium
Also located inBrabant Wallon, Wallonne, Belgium    


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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a city and municipality of Wallonia 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 University of Louvain (UCLouvain), the French-speaking part of the former Catholic University of Louvain on its separation from the Dutch-speaking part, which remained in the ancient city of Louvain (Leuven).

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