Addresses in Brugge / Bruges (Brugge / Bruges), commune of 140.9 km²: 118,325 people live in this area where there are more women (51.2%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age of the inhabitants is about 44 years, they are in majority owners (64%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 20,379 € net per year. Households have on average 1 cars or below the Belgian average (1.3).
The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 93.8% Belgium
- 0.9% Romania
- 0.7% Netherlands
- 0.5% Poland
- 0.3% Afghanistan
- 0.3% France
- 0.2% Spain
- 3.3% Other
In Brugge / Bruges, the first names you will hear the most in women are Marie, Maria, Martine, Ann and Anne and for men you will regularly come across Marc, Johan, Jan, Luc and Patrick.
On average, the homes you come across in Brugge / Bruges will have 5.5 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1949 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 26.9% apartment buildings and 73.1% houses.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 37.7% houses of the closed type
- 25.5% buildings and flat blocks
- 17.7% semi-closed type houses
- 14% open type houses, farms, castles
- 3.8% commercial houses
- 1.3% other types of buildings
Multiple companies are located in Brugge / Bruges and work in these fields:
- 615 corporations present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 499 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 416 companies in the field "activities of head offices"
- 379 corporations in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 365 corporations active in "legal activities"
- 296 firms active in "architectural activities"
Residents of Brugge / Bruges benefit from an entrance to the A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) motorway: it is a 6 minute drive from the centre. The highway A17 / E403 (Brugge - Kortrijk - Tournai) also has an access that can be reached in 9 minutes.
Access to these roads is easy to Brugge / Bruges:
- N9
- R30
- R30b
- N31
- N32
The following shops are located in the town: 15 Carrefour, 8 Delhaize, 4 Aldi, 3 Louis Delhaize, 3 LIDL, 3 Colruyt, 2 SPAR, 1 Albert Heijn and 1 Bio-Planet.
For education, the municipality contains 52 nurseries (example: "De Kikker 4" or "De Lindebloesem"), 51 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint-Lodewijkscollege - De Zessprong" or "Vrije Basisschool Slhd Sint-Leo Sint-Pieters (Afd.b)"), 51 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool" or "Stedelijke Basisschool - De Triangel") and 93 secondary schools ("Go! Atheneum Eureka" or "Go! Atheneum Maerlant Blankenberge").
1 different lines of tram have a stop in the commune of Brugge / Bruges like the following lines:
- Tram De Lijn, line 0 : Kusttram De Panne-Oostende-Knokke
Brugge / Bruges is served by 64 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 25: Lanaken - Boorsem - Maasmechelen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 26: Sint-Truiden - Engelmanshoven - Heers - Oreye
- Bus De Lijn, Line 36: St.-Jansplein - Linkeroever
- Bus De Lijn, Line 4: Hasselt - Kortessem - Tongeren
- Bus De Lijn, Line 7: Diest - Paal - Beringen
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Brugge-Sint-Pieters / Bruges-Saint-Pierre", "Brugge / Bruges", "Oostkamp", "Lissewege", "Zedelgem".
Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 22 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Brugge / Bruges!
The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Ostend-Bruges International Airport". It is 39 minutes by public transport or 25 minutes by car.
A bicycle "Blue-bike" can be rented through one of the 3 available stations. Thanks to 15 stations "Cambio", you will be able to rent a car when you need one.
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