Addresses in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussel-Hoofdstad / Bruxelles-Capitale), a municipality of 6 km² in which 97,462 people reside with a higher proportion of women (50.1%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 34 years, residents are mainly tenants (63%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 10,406€. Households have on average 0.6 cars or below the Belgian average (1.3).
The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 73.6% Belgium
- 6.2% Morocco
- 4.4% Romania
- 2.4% Spain
- 2% France
- 1.8% Italy
- 1.1% Poland
- 8.4% Other
The most common first names for women in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek are Fatima, Maria, Khadija, Marie and Sarah and the most common first names for men are Mohamed, Mohammed, Ahmed, Adam and Youssef.
In general, the accommodation you will find in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek has 4.6 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1937 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 66% apartment buildings and 34% houses.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 61.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 30.9% houses of the closed type
- 6.6% commercial houses
- 0.9% other types of buildings
- 0.4% semi-closed type houses
- 0.2% open type houses, farms, castles
Companies in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek are located in the following sectors:
- 485 corporations active in "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."
- 215 corporations in the field "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 175 firms present in "taxi operation"
- 168 companies present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 144 firms active in "retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating"
- 132 corporations present in "sale of cars and light motor vehicles"
The motorway R0 (Brussels ring) is easily accessible to the residents of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek: 6 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A12 motorway. (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) to 11 minutes.
Access to these roads is easy to Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek:
- N8
- N9a
Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 4 LIDL, 4 Carrefour, 4 Delhaize, 2 Aldi and 1 OKay.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 32 nurseries (example: "Les Petits Poucets" or "Kinderdagverblijf Bambino"), 32 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Vier Winden" or "Ecole Maternelle Libre Saint-Charles"), 36 primary schools (e.g. school "École Primaire Annexée À L'Athénée Royal Du Sippelberg" or "Vrije Lagere School Sint-Karel") and 14 secondary schools ("Collège De Bruxelles" or "Imelda-Instituut").
You will find 4 lines of metro different lines that stop in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek:
- Metro STIB, line 1 : GARE DE L'OUEST - STOCKEL
- Metro STIB, line 2 : SIMONIS - ELISABETH
- Metro STIB, line 5 : ERASME - HERRMANN-DEBROUX
- Metro STIB, line 6 : ROI BAUDOUIN - ELISABETH
The tram is at your disposal in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek with 2 lines such as:
- Tram STIB, line 51 : STADE - VAN HAELEN
- Tram STIB, line 82 : GARE DE BERCHEM - DROGENBOS
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek is served by 33 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 128: Brussel - Ninove via de N8
- Bus De Lijn, Line 129: Brussel - Dilbeek
- Bus STIB, Line 49: GARE DU MIDI - SIMONIS
- Bus STIB, Line 86: MACHTENS - BOCKSTAEL
- Bus STIB, Line 87: SIMONIS - BEEKKANT
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Brussel-West / Bruxelles-Ouest", "Simonis", "Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi", "Brussel-Kapellekerk / Bruxelles-Chapelle", "Tour Et Taxis / Thurn En Taxis".
If you need to recharge your electric vehicle, 4 recharging stations are available in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.
In 18 minutes by car or 29 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Brussels Airport.
A bicycle "Villo!" can be rented through one of the 17 available stations. You don't need to own your own car but have an occasional need? No worries, your commune has 4 stations "Cambio" !
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