Home › Entities › planned_community › Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve

city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Place planned_community Q665868
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Louvain-la-Neuve

Summary

Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned community[1]. Louvain-la-Neuve draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (planned_community category, ranking #9 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Louvain-la-Neuve received the Abercrombie Prize[3].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve is located in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve[4].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve is in the country of Belgium[5].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's image is recorded as Louvain-la-Neuve01 1999-11-16.jpg[6].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's instance of is recorded as planned community[7].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's instance of is recorded as college town[8].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's founder is recorded as UCLouvain[9].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's owned by is recorded as UCLouvain[10].
  • Leuven is named after Louvain-la-Neuve[11].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's twinned administrative body is recorded as Leuven[12].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121719004[13].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131339918[14].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's GND ID is recorded as 4200447-0[15].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79118129[16].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's postal code is recorded as 1348[17].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's Commons category is recorded as Louvain-la-Neuve[18].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3417260[19].
  • +1972-10-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Louvain-la-Neuve[20].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.669583333333, 'lon': 4.6111944444444}[21].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01spzb[22].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge230335[23].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Louvain-la-Neuve[24].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's page banner is recorded as Louvain-la-Neuve banner.jpg[25].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 3b7c009a-303c-4906-8055-c3891d84cc57[26].
  • Louvain-la-Neuve's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10710'}[27].

Body

Geography

Louvain-la-Neuve is in the country of Belgium[5]. Louvain-la-Neuve is located in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve[4].

Physical Characteristics

Louvain-la-Neuve's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+32.96'}[28]. Louvain-la-Neuve's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+113'}[29]. Louvain-la-Neuve's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10710'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include planned community[7] and college town[8].

History and Context

+1972-10-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Louvain-la-Neuve[20]. Louvain-la-Neuve's owned by is recorded as UCLouvain[10]. Leuven is named after Louvain-la-Neuve[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Louvain-la-Neuve include Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve[30], a municipality of Belgium[31], in Belgium[32], founded in 1977[33].

Why It Matters

Louvain-la-Neuve draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (planned_community category, ranking #9 of 35).[2] Louvain-la-Neuve has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Louvain-la-Neuve is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Louvain-la-Neuve include Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve[30], a municipality of Belgium[31], in Belgium[32], founded in 1977[33].

FAQs

What awards did Louvain-la-Neuve receive?

Honors received include Abercrombie Prize[3].

Related Entities

Belgium Leuven

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . tourisme-olln.be. tourisme-olln.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . uclouvain.be. uclouvain.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Louvain-la-Neuve. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/louvain-la-neuve
MLA “Louvain-la-Neuve.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/louvain-la-neuve.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_louvain-la-neuve_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Louvain-la-Neuve}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/louvain-la-neuve}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Louvain-la-Neuve — https://4ort.xyz/entity/louvain-la-neuve (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/louvain-la-neuve · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founded by → —
    Instance of → planned community, college town
    Country → —
    Named by → Simon-Pierre Nothomb
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:لووین-لا-نیو]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.