Balen 2490

Addresses in Balen (Turnhout), a municipality of 73 km² in which 22,618 people reside with more women (50.2%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are mainly owners (83%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,831€ net per year. Households have on average 1.3 cars or precisely the national average.

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 94.5% Belgium
- 3.4% Netherlands
- 0.3% Romania
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.1% Germany
- 0.1% Spain
- 0.1% Italy
- 1.2% Other

In Balen, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Anna, Marleen and An and for men you will regularly come across Jozef, Jan, Marc, Luc and Tom.

In Balen, the dwellings have on average 5.9 rooms or less than the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1969 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 11.5% apartment buildings and 88.5% houses.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 60.7% open type houses, farms, castles
- 16.4% semi-closed type houses
- 10.3% buildings and flat blocks
- 7.8% other types of buildings
- 2.6% houses of the closed type
- 2.2% commercial houses

Companies in Balen are located in the following sectors:
- 100 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 68 firms in the domain "joinery installation"
- 65 firms in the domain "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 63 firms in the domain "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 58 corporations active in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 53 firms present in "activities of head offices"

Residents of Balen benefit from an entrance to the A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway: it is a 18 minute drive from the centre. The highway A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)) also has an access that can be reached in 23 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Balen:
- N18
- N110
- N136

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 2 Carrefour, 1 SPAR and 1 Colruyt.

If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune has 2 nurseries (such as the nursery "Dol-Fijn Balen" or "Villa Piepin"), 12 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Klavertje 4" or "Go! Basisschool Het Egeltje"), 9 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Klavertje 4" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Puzzel" for example) and a secondary school ("Ksom 9").

9 lines from bus with a stop in Balen, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 170: Beringen - Mol
- Bus De Lijn, Line 17a: Diest - Mol / Leopoldsburg
- Bus De Lijn, Line 732: Belbus Balen noord/oost
- Bus De Lijn, Line 733: Belbus Balen zuid/west
- Bus De Lijn, Line 84: Hamont - Geel

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Balen / Baelen", "Mol", "Leopoldsburg / Bourg-Léopold", "Lommel", "Beverlo".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)" and is 42 minutes away by car or 65 minutes by public transport.

We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. 2 stations " Cambio " allow you to rent a shared car.