Alken 3570

Addresses in Alken (Tongeren / Tongres), a municipality of 28.2 km² in which 11,499 people reside with slightly more women (50.1%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are mostly owners (82%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 43 years and their average income is 20,144€ net per year. Households have on average 1.4 cars either above the country's average (1.3).

The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 97% Belgium
- 0.8% Netherlands
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.3% Afghanistan
- 0.1% Romania
- 0.1% India
- 0.1% Bulgaria
- 1.2% Other

Maria, Marie, Monique, Ingrid and Linda are the first names you will come across the most in Alken for men and Luc, Marc, Patrick, Peter and Bart for women.

On average, the homes you come across in Alken will have 6.6 rooms either above the country's average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1969 with this distribution: 88.6% houses and 11.4% apartment buildings.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 60.5% open type houses, farms, castles
- 21.3% semi-closed type houses
- 11% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.9% houses of the closed type
- 1.9% commercial houses
- 1.4% other types of buildings

Companies in Alken are located in the following sectors:
- 60 companies present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 52 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 45 companies active in "growing of pome fruits and stone fruits"
- 42 firms present in "activities of head offices"
- 29 corporations present in "joinery installation"
- 28 companies active in "mixed farming"

The motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) is easily accessible to the residents of Alken: 4 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A2 / E314 motorway. (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) to 13 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Alken:
- N722
- N754

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 OKay, 1 SPAR and 1 Carrefour.

For education, the municipality offers 3 nurseries ("De Speelvogel" or "Het Peuterke" for example), 6 nursery schools ("Vrije Basis- School - 'T Laantje" or "Go! Next Methodeschool Wonderwijs"), 6 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - De Kleine Reus" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De B@sis") and a secondary school ("Freinetschool Keerpunt").

11 lines of bus passing through Alken, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 21a: Hasselt - Sint-Truiden - Landen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 700: Belbus Alken - Wellen
- Bus De Lijn, Line H17: Hasselt-Rapertingen-Alken-St-Lambr. Herk-Hasselt
- Bus De Lijn, Line H71: Hasselt-St-Lambr. Herk-Alken-Rapertingen-Hasselt
- Bus De Lijn, Line H81: Hasselt-Kuringen-Stev-Terkoest-St.-Lam-Hasselt

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Alken", "Hasselt", "Diepenbeek", "Kiewit", "Sint-Truiden / Saint-Trond".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Liège Airport". It is 141 minutes by public transport or 34 minutes by car.

Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Alken does not offer shared cars.