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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (French pronunciation: [ɔtiɲi luvɛ̃ la nœv] ^ⓘ; Walloon: Ocgniye-Li Noû Lovén) 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).

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).

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  Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Louvain
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  Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park

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

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is home to the Royal Ottignies Stimont football club (soccer)^[2] and the Rugby Ottignies Club (rugby).^[3]

• 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.