Addresses in Eeklo, a municipality of 30.4 km² in which 21,134 people reside with more women (50.7%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age is 43 years, the inhabitants are mainly owners (61%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,374€ net per year. Households have on average 1 cars is lower than the national average (1.3).
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 92.7% Belgium
- 1.3% Netherlands
- 1% Poland
- 1% Romania
- 0.7% Bulgaria
- 0.3% Afghanistan
- 0.3% Iraq
- 2.8% Other
In Eeklo, the first names you will hear the most in women are Rita, Marie, Maria, Ann and Marleen and for men you will regularly come across Luc, Patrick, Dirk, Marc and Peter.
The average number of rooms in Eeklo is about 5.7 is lower than the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1957 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 76.9% houses and 23.1% apartment buildings.
The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 38.7% houses of the closed type
- 22.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 18% open type houses, farms, castles
- 16.9% semi-closed type houses
- 3.2% commercial houses
- 1.2% other types of buildings
Companies in Eeklo are located in the following sectors:
- 87 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 48 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 47 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 46 companies active in "mixed farming"
- 42 companies present in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 40 companies in the field "joinery installation"
Residents of Eeklo benefit from an entrance to the A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) motorway: it is a 20 minute drive from the centre. The highway A11 / E34 (Antwerpen - Zelzate) also has an access that can be reached in 14 minutes.
Access to these roads is easy to Eeklo:
- N9
- R43
- N434
- N455
- N499
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 2 Delhaize, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt.
In terms of children's facilities, the municipality has 9 nurseries (such as the nursery "Habibi" or "Kinderopvang Claartje"), 9 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Wegel A" or "Go! Basisschool De Tandem"), 8 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - Wegel B" or "Go! Basisschool De Tandem") and 8 secondary schools ("Sint-Vincentius" or "Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Ten-Doorn").
Eeklo is served by 14 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 195: Belbus Meetjesland
- Bus De Lijn, Line 58: Beringen - Lommel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 67: Gent Sint-Pietersstation-Zomergem-Waarschoot-Eeklo
- Bus De Lijn, Line 96: Eeklo - Assenede - Zelzate
- Bus De Lijn, Line 97: Eeklo - Ertvelde - Zelzate
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Eeklo", "Waarschoot", "Sleidinge", "Bellem", "Hansbeke".
Within the perimeter of Eeklo, you will find 1 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.
The nearest airport is "Wevelgem Airport" and is 48 minutes away by car or 75 minutes by public transport.
Shared bikes "Blue-bike" can be rented at the 1 stations available in the commune. You will find 2 stations "Cambio" in the commune.
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