Addresses in Brakel (Oudenaarde / Audenarde) where 14,801 inhabitants are distributed over 57 km² with fewer men than women (50.8%). The average age is 44 years, the inhabitants are in majority owners (84%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 19,877€ net per year. The households own about 1.3 cars either aligned with the country's average.
Citizens come from the following countries:
- 97.4% Belgium
- 0.8% Romania
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 0.2% Poland
- 0.1% Congo
- 0.1% Italy
- 0.1% Spain
- 1% Other
Luc, Marc, Paul, Johan and Geert are the most common first names for men in Brakel and Marie, Maria, Marleen, Rita and Martine for women.
In general, the accommodation you will find in Brakel has 6.3 rooms is higher than the Belgian average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1943 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 9.3% apartment buildings and 90.7% houses.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 38.3% open type houses, farms, castles
- 28.9% semi-closed type houses
- 20.2% houses of the closed type
- 9% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.9% commercial houses
- 0.8% other types of buildings
Multiple companies are located in Brakel and work in these fields:
- 80 corporations active in "mixed farming"
- 77 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 73 corporations active in "landscape service activities"
- 33 companies active in "joinery installation"
- 33 firms active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 29 firms in the domain "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
In Brakel, you are close to an access to the highway A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)): you will be there in 17 minutes from the centre of Brakel. An access to the highway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) can also be reached in 27 minutes.
You will have easy access to the following roads in Brakel:
- N8
- N8c
- N48
- N402
- N415
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 Aldi, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
In terms of children's facilities, the municipality has 2 nurseries (for example: the nursery "Kinderdagverblijf Zwalmnestje" or also "Bollebuik"), 8 nursery schools ("Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Klavertje Vier" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Groene Heuvel"), 8 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint-Augustinus" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Groene Heuvel" for example) and 7 secondary schools ("Go! Atheneum Zottegem" or "Sint-Franciscusinstituut").
The bus is at your disposal in Brakel with 13 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 16: Maaseik - Kinrooi - Meeuwen-Gruitrode - Hasselt
- Bus De Lijn, Line 17: UZA - Centraal Station - Brouwersvliet
- Bus De Lijn, Line 21: Jeuk - Montenaken
- Bus De Lijn, Line 410: Brussel - Tervuren - Leuven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 78: Zevergem - De Pinte - Gent - Lochristi - Lokeren
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Lierde", "Geraardsbergen / Grammont", "Zottegem", "Munkzwalm", "Acren / Akren".
Brakel offers solutions for electric vehicles: 1 stations allow you to recharge your electric car.
The nearest airport is "Wevelgem Airport" and is 42 minutes away by car or 66 minutes by public transport.
Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Brakel does not offer shared cars.
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