Bree 3960

Addresses in Bree (Maaseik), as which has 16,085 inhabitants in an area 65 km² with more women (50.2%) than men in this agglomeration. The inhabitants are mainly owners (76%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 43 years and their average income is 18,073€ net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household and is therefore within the Belgian average.

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 91.3% Belgium
- 5% Netherlands
- 1.2% Poland
- 0.2% Romania
- 0.2% United States
- 0.2% Morocco
- 0.2% Bulgaria
- 1.6% Other

The most common first names for women in Bree are Maria, Marie, Anna, Catharina and Marleen and the most common first names for men are Jan, Jozef, Marc, Peter and Mathieu.

On average, the homes you come across in Bree will have 5.9 rooms and is therefore below the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1968 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 24.5% apartment buildings and 75.5% houses.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 43.7% open type houses, farms, castles
- 23.5% buildings and flat blocks
- 20.3% semi-closed type houses
- 8.3% houses of the closed type
- 2.2% other types of buildings
- 2.1% commercial houses

Multiple companies are located in Bree and work in these fields:
- 77 companies active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 66 firms active in "activities of head offices"
- 56 firms active in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 54 companies active in "mixed farming"
- 50 firms in the domain "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 41 firms active in "business and other management consultancy activities"

The motorway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) is easily accessible to the residents of Bree: 18 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A13 / E313 motorway. (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) to 29 minutes.

These main roads pass through Bree:
- N73
- N76
- N76h
- N721
- N730

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.

For education, the municipality has 4 nurseries (for example: the nursery "Kinderdagverblijf 'T Wiekernestje" or also "De Kleine Parel"), 7 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Kadee Tongerlo" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Vuurvogel"), 7 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - De Wissel" or "Vrije Basisschool De Kei") and 8 secondary schools ("Go! Atheneum Campus Van Eyck Maaseik" or "Sint-Augustinusinstituut Bso/Tso").

12 lines of bus passing through Bree, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 16: Maaseik - Kinrooi - Meeuwen-Gruitrode - Hasselt
- Bus De Lijn, Line 302: Maaseik - Leopoldsburg - Geel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 746: Belbus Bocholt - Bree
- Bus De Lijn, Line 748: Belbus Meeuwen-Gruitrode - Bree
- Bus De Lijn, Line 8: Genk - Overpelt

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Hamont", "Neerpelt", "Overpelt", "Genk", "Lommel".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 55 minutes by car or 247 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Liège Airport.

We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. Bree does not seem to offer shared cars.