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Created in 1971, Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park is the first of its kind in
Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
and is the largest in
Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
(the French-speaking part of Belgium). It covers 231 hectares spread over the area of the municipality of
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 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 giv ...
and the municipality of Mont-Saint-Guibert (30 km away from
Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...
). From the outset, the objectives pursued by the development of Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park were to develop cooperation between industry and the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and to contribute to regional economic development. Particular emphasis is placed on environmental-friendliness, as well as the quality of the premises and their surroundings. The main areas of activity are: * Life sciences * Fine chemistry * Information technologies * Engineering Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park is now home to more than 135 innovative companies and their 4,500 employees, one business incubator and five business centres.


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Louvain-la-Neuve Louvain-la-Neuve (; French for "New Leuven"; ) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town was built to house th ...
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Science Parks of Wallonia Created in 2002, SPoW -Science Parks of Wallonia-, is an association of seven Belgium, Belgian science parks located in Wallonia: * Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park * Liège Science Park * Crealys Science Park * Aéropole Science Park * Initialis ...
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Université catholique de Louvain UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally establishe ...
(UCLouvain)


External links


LLN Science Park website



The municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
{{Belgium-struct-stub Science parks in Belgium Buildings and structures in Walloon Brabant Organizations established in 1971 Mont-Saint-Guibert Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 1971 establishments in Belgium