Louvain-la-Neuve

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planned city town in Belgium university town

Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned university town in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, built in the late 20th century to host the French-speaking Université catholique de Louvain and known for its pedestrian-friendly urban design.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 10

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf planned city ⓘ
town in Belgium ⓘ
university town ⓘ
constructionStart late 1960s ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
developedIn 20th century ⓘ
foundedFor Université catholique de Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody municipal council of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDistrict Biéreau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blocry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bruyères NERFINISHED ⓘ
Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hocaille NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lauzelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLake Lac de Louvain-la-Neuve NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée Hergé NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Louvain-la-Neuve railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShoppingCentre L'Esplanade shopping centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostInstitution Université catholique de Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn French Community of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Walloon Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
Walloon Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Louvain (Leuven) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve NERFINISHED ⓘ
planningStatus new town ⓘ
planned town ⓘ
populationType large student population ⓘ
postalCode 1348 ⓘ
primaryFunction residential town ⓘ
university campus ⓘ
reasonForCreation linguistic split of the Catholic University of Leuven ⓘ
relocation of French-speaking university faculties ⓘ
servedBy Louvain-la-Neuve railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportModePriority pedestrian ⓘ
public transport ⓘ
urbanDesignFeature car-free central core ⓘ
high-density central area ⓘ
mixed-use development ⓘ
pedestrian-friendly city centre ⓘ
separation of pedestrian and motor traffic ⓘ
underground road network in centre ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Louvain (campus in Walloon Brabant) → locatedIn → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
Walloon Brabant → hasMunicipality → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Walloon Brabant → contains → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
arrondissement of Nivelles → containsMunicipality → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
subject surface form: Arrondissement of Nivelles
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Dyle river basin → containsSettlement → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Rixensart → hasTransportConnectionTo → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Rixensart → hasNeighbouringMunicipality → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Dyle → passesNear → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Condroz → containsSettlement → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies railway station → locatedIn → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies railway station → serves → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies railway station → serves → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
Ottignies railway station → connectsTo → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
Ottignies railway station → servesCommutersTo → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
Deinze, Belgium → hasTwinTown → Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
subject surface form: Deinze
this entity surface form: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve