Blankenberge 8370

Addresses in Blankenberge (Brugge / Bruges), a municipality of 18.9 km² in which 20,436 people reside with slightly more women (50.6%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are mainly owners (56%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 49 years and their average income is 18,665€ net per year. There is an average of 0.8 cars per household and is therefore below the national average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 94.1% Belgium
- 1.1% Romania
- 0.7% Netherlands
- 0.4% Poland
- 0.4% Afghanistan
- 0.3% France
- 0.2% Italy
- 2.7% Other

Maria, Marie, Rita, Martine and Monique are the first names you will come across the most in Blankenberge for men and Marc, Patrick, Jean, Luc and Dirk for women.

In Blankenberge, the dwellings have on average 4.9 rooms is lower than the national average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1963 and the breakdown is as follows: 24.7% houses and 75.3% apartment buildings.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 71% buildings and flat blocks
- 14.5% houses of the closed type
- 5.8% open type houses, farms, castles
- 3% commercial houses
- 3% semi-closed type houses
- 2.7% other types of buildings

The municipality of Blankenberge has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 157 companies present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 86 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 52 corporations in the field "beverage serving activities"
- 37 firms active in "retail sale of clothing in specialised stores"
- 36 firms in the domain "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 31 corporations active in "hotels and similar accommodation"

Living in Blankenberge, you will not be far from an entrance to the A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) motorway, which is 22 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A18 / E40 motorway (Brugge - Veurne - (Dunkirk, France)) is also accessible in 29 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Blankenberge:
- N34c
- N34
- N371

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

For education, the municipality contains 2 nurseries (example: "'T Schelpje" or "De Duinpiepers"), 6 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint-Jozef Sint-Pieter Campus Schaapstraat" or "Go! Basisschool Zilvermeeuw Blankenberge"), 9 primary schools (examples: "Go! Basisschool Zilvermeeuw Blankenberge" or "Vrije Basisschool Sint-Jozef Sint-Pieter Campus Weststraat") and 12 secondary schools ("Atheneum Brugge" or "Go! Stamina").

Blankenberge is served by 1 lines of tram including these lines:
- Tram De Lijn, line 0 : Kusttram De Panne-Oostende-Knokke

4 different lines of bus have a stop in the commune of Blankenberge like the following lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 33: Hoboken - Wilrijk - Merksem - Ekeren
- Bus De Lijn, Line 36: St.-Jansplein - Linkeroever
- Bus De Lijn, Line 38: Hasselt - Kortessem - Borgloon - Heers
- Bus NMBS/SNCB, Line BUS: Tournai -- Mouscron

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Blankenberge", "Zeebrugge-Strand", "Zwankendamme", "Zeebrugge-Dorp", "Lissewege".

Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 3 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Blankenberge!

The nearest airport is "Ostend-Bruges International Airport" and is 27 minutes away by car or 43 minutes by public transport.

You will also have the possibility to rent a bike "Blue-bike" thanks to the 1 stations available in the commune. Blankenberge has no shared cars at the moment.