Addresses in Harelbeke (Kortrijk / Courtrai), commune of 29.4 km²: 28,158 people live in this area where there are slightly more men (50.1%) than women in this municipality. The inhabitants are in majority owners (78%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 42 years and their average income is 18,852€ net per year. There is an average of 1.2 cars per household is lower than the national average (1.3).
The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 94.1% Belgium
- 0.9% Morocco
- 0.9% Romania
- 0.8% Poland
- 0.6% Spain
- 0.5% Netherlands
- 0.3% Portugal
- 1.9% Other
Luc, Marc, Geert, Johan and Patrick are the most common first names for men in Harelbeke and Marie, Rita, Christine, Carine and Maria for women.
In Harelbeke, the dwellings have on average 5.6 rooms or less than the national average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1960 and the breakdown is as follows: 81.8% houses and 18.2% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 32.3% houses of the closed type
- 28.2% semi-closed type houses
- 18.6% open type houses, farms, castles
- 17.6% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.6% commercial houses
- 0.7% other types of buildings
The municipality of Harelbeke has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 138 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 91 firms present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 88 corporations active in "activities of head offices"
- 76 firms in the domain "joinery installation"
- 69 corporations in the field "electrical installation"
- 54 firms in the domain "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
Living in Harelbeke, you will not be far from an entrance to the A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorway, which is 5 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A17 / E403 motorway (Brugge - Kortrijk - Tournai) is also accessible in 11 minutes.
In Harelbeke, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N36d
- N36
- N36e
- N43
- 43
Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
For education, the municipality has 10 nurseries (such as the nursery "De Kadetjes" or "Koetje Boe"), 11 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool-O.l.v. Van Vreugde" or "Vrije Basisschool Maria"), 11 primary schools (e.g. school "Vrije Basisschool-O.l.v. Van Vreugde" or "Vrije Basisschool Maria") and 17 secondary schools ("Guldensporencollege 11" or "Guldensporencollege 8").
The bus is at your disposal in Harelbeke with 9 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 71: Oostakker - Gent - Nazareth
- Bus De Lijn, Line 72: Oostakker - Gent - Merelbeke Molenhoek
- Bus De Lijn, Line 74: Tongeren - Liège
- Bus De Lijn, Line 75: Kortrijk - Harelbeke - Waregem - Zulte - Deinze
- Bus De Lijn, Line 89: Antwerpen L.O. - Kallo - Kieldrecht
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Vichte", "Harelbeke", "Kortrijk / Courtrai", "Bissegem", "Waregem".
If you need to recharge your electric vehicle, 3 recharging stations are available in Harelbeke.
The nearest airport is "Wevelgem Airport" and is 11 minutes away by car or 17 minutes by public transport.
It is possible to rent a bicycle "Blue-bike" through the 1 stations available in the municipality. Thanks to 2 stations "Cambio", you will be able to rent a car when you need one.
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