Addresses in Brecht (Antwerpen / Anvers), commune of 91.5 km²: 29,268 people live in this area where there are more women (50.3%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are in majority owners (79%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 21,119€ net per year. There is an average of 1.4 cars per household is higher than the Belgian average (1.3).
The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 94.3% Belgium
- 2.8% Netherlands
- 1% Romania
- 0.4% Poland
- 0.1% Afghanistan
- 0.1% Portugal
- 0.1% Italy
- 1.1% Other
The most common first names for women in Brecht are Maria, Rita, Ingrid, Monique and Ann and the most common first names for men are Marc, Jan, Luc, Peter and Jozef.
In general, the accommodation you will find in Brecht has 5.9 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1976 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 82.5% houses and 17.5% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 55.1% open type houses, farms, castles
- 18.2% semi-closed type houses
- 16.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 5.5% other types of buildings
- 3.6% houses of the closed type
- 1.3% commercial houses
Companies in Brecht are located in the following sectors:
- 179 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 128 corporations active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 87 corporations in the field "landscape service activities"
- 82 firms active in "joinery installation"
- 76 firms present in "activities of head offices"
- 75 companies in the field "electrical installation"
In Brecht, you are close to an access to the highway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)): you will be there in 8 minutes from the centre of Brecht. An access to the highway A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)) can also be reached in 21 minutes.
You will have easy access to the following roads in Brecht:
- N115
- N115b
- N115a
- N117
- N131
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 2 OKay, 2 Carrefour and 2 Delhaize.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 8 nurseries (example: "Boelieboe" or "De Kleine Wereld"), 11 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool 1 - Maria-Middelares" or "Vrije Basisschool - Leonardus"), 10 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - Leonardus" or "Vrije Basisschool 1 - Maria-Middelares") but no secondary school.
The bus is at your disposal in Brecht with 17 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 432: Brecht-Rijkevorsel-Merksplas-Turnhout-Arendonk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 440: Oostmalle - Brecht
- Bus De Lijn, Line 600: Buitenringbus Leuven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 602: Meersel-Dreef - Hoogstraten - Antwerpen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 621: Vilvoorde - Zaventem
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Noorderkempen", "Heide", "Kijkuit", "Kalmthout", "Kapellen".
Within the perimeter of Brecht, you will find 6 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.
The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)". It is 42 minutes by public transport or 27 minutes by car.
It is possible to rent a bicycle "Blue-bike" through the 1 stations available in the municipality. Brecht does not seem to offer shared cars.
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