Addresses in Bilzen (Tongeren / Tongres), commune of 76 km²: 32,328 people live in this area where there are a higher proportion of women (50.5%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are majority ownership (73%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,431€ net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household either aligned with the country's average.
The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 92.8% Belgium
- 4.3% Netherlands
- 0.3% Italy
- 0.3% Turkey
- 0.2% Afghanistan
- 0.2% Poland
- 0.2% Morocco
- 1.7% Other
The most common first names for women in Bilzen are Maria, Marie, Anna, Marleen and Elisabeth and the most common first names for men are Jean, Joseph, Peter, Jan and Marc.
On average, the homes you come across in Bilzen will have 5.8 rooms or less than the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1967 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 75.3% houses and 24.7% apartment buildings.
More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 33% open type houses, farms, castles
- 31.6% semi-closed type houses
- 23.9% buildings and flat blocks
- 8.1% houses of the closed type
- 2.1% commercial houses
- 1.4% other types of buildings
Multiple companies are located in Bilzen and work in these fields:
- 152 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 91 companies active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 75 corporations active in "mixed farming"
- 72 corporations active in "activities of head offices"
- 71 firms active in "electrical installation"
- 71 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
Residents of Bilzen benefit from an entrance to the A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway: it is a 2 minute drive from the centre. The highway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) also has an access that can be reached in 14 minutes.
In Bilzen, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N2
- N700
- N701
- N730
- N745
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 4 SPAR, 2 Carrefour, 1 OKay, 1 Aldi, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 4 nurseries (example: "'T Eikennestje" or "Kinderopvang Het Boemeltreintje"), 19 nursery schools ("Stedelijke Basisschool Mopertingen- Hees" or "Vrije Basisschool 'T Piepelke"), 22 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool - H. Graf" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Breg" for example) and 9 secondary schools ("Technisch Instituut Sint-Jozef" or "Go! Technisch Atheneum Campus Plinius Tongeren").
14 different lines of bus have a stop in the commune of Bilzen like the following lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 20a: Hasselt - Bilzen - Maastricht/Lanaken - Rekem
- Bus De Lijn, Line 701: Belbus Bilzen noord
- Bus De Lijn, Line 702: Belbus Bilzen oost
- Bus De Lijn, Line 704: Belbus Bilzen - Spouwen - Rijkhoven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 706: Belbus Bilzen - Hoeselt
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Bilzen", "Diepenbeek", "Tongern / Tongres / Tongeren", "Genk", "Bokrijk".
Within the perimeter of Bilzen, you will find 4 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.
In 141 minutes by public transport or 25 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Liège Airport".
The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Bilzen does not offer shared cars.
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