Avelgem 8580

Addresses in Avelgem (Kortrijk / Courtrai), as which has 10,158 inhabitants in an area 22.1 km² with slightly more women (50.7%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 42 years, they are majority ownership (74%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,356 € net per year. Households have on average 1.2 cars or less than the national average (1.3).

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 96.7% Belgium
- 0.4% Poland
- 0.4% France
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 0.3% Romania
- 0.2% Slovakia
- 0.2% Afghanistan
- 1.4% Other

Marie, Rita, Ann, Maria and Carine are the first names you will come across the most in Avelgem for men and Luc, Marc, Geert, Johan and Patrick for women.

The average number of rooms in Avelgem is about 5.8 and is therefore below the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1957 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 86.4% houses and 13.6% apartment buildings.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 30.5% semi-closed type houses
- 30% open type houses, farms, castles
- 22.7% houses of the closed type
- 13.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.3% commercial houses
- 0.4% other types of buildings

Companies in Avelgem are located in the following sectors:
- 50 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 35 companies active in "joinery installation"
- 34 companies present in "landscape service activities"
- 32 companies present in "growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds"
- 28 corporations present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 25 corporations in the field "electrical installation"

Residents of Avelgem benefit from an entrance to the A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorway: it is a 14 minute drive from the centre. The highway A17 / E403 (Brugge - Kortrijk - Tournai) also has an access that can be reached in 16 minutes.

In Avelgem, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N8
- N8e
- N36
- N353
- N391a

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 SPAR, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality offers 6 nurseries ("'T Viencentje" or "De Kleine Muis" for example), 6 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint- Jan Berchmans Avelgem" or "Vrije Kleuterschool"), 4 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint- Jan Berchmans Avelgem" or "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jan Berchmans Outrijve En Kerkhove" for example) and 6 secondary schools ("Sint-Paulusschool Campus Sint-Jan Berchmans 1" or "Sint-Paulusschool Campus Sint-Jan Berchmans 2").

9 lines of bus passing through Avelgem, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 65: Stokkem-Meeswijk-Maasmechelen-Boorsem-Uikhoven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 85: Antw. LO-Beveren-Vrasene-SGW-Stekene-Moerbeke
- Bus De Lijn, Line 91: Hasselt - Lummen - Tessenderlo - Hulst
- Bus De Lijn, Line 99: Hamme - Temse - Rupelmonde - Antwerpen L.O
- Bus TEC, Line 97: Tournai - Renaix/Ronse

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Anzegem", "Vichte", "Renaix / Ronse", "Harelbeke", "Waregem".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 22 minutes by car or 34 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Wevelgem Airport.

Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Avelgem has no shared cars at the moment.