Herent 3020

Addresses in Herent (Leuven / Louvain), as which has 21,682 inhabitants in an area 32.7 km² with a higher proportion of women (51.3%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are mostly owners (79%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 41 years and their average income is 24,489€ net per year. The households own about 1.3 cars and is therefore within the Belgian average.

Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 94.7% Belgium
- 1.1% Netherlands
- 0.5% Poland
- 0.4% Romania
- 0.2% Germany
- 0.2% Italy
- 0.2% France
- 2.7% Other

In Herent, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Anna, Hilde and Sofie and for men you will regularly come across Jan, Marc, Johan, Bart and Luc.

In Herent, the dwellings have on average 6.2 rooms or more than the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1964 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 80.5% houses and 19.5% apartment buildings.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 41.1% open type houses, farms, castles
- 24.2% semi-closed type houses
- 19% buildings and flat blocks
- 13.5% houses of the closed type
- 1.4% commercial houses
- 0.8% other types of buildings

The municipality of Herent has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 158 companies active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 80 companies in the field "legal activities"
- 79 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 66 firms active in "computer consultancy activities"
- 55 companies in the field "landscape service activities"
- 48 companies in the field "other education n.e.c."

Residents of Herent benefit from an entrance to the A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) motorway: it is a 2 minute drive from the centre. The highway A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 (Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Eupen - (Aachen, Germany)) also has an access that can be reached in 8 minutes.

These main roads pass through Herent:
- N2
- N26

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 2 Delhaize, 1 OKay, 1 SPAR and 1 Carrefour.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality contains 10 nurseries (example: "Kiekeboe" or "De Kribbel"), 7 nursery schools ("Vrije Kleuterschool - De Kraal" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Kraal"), 7 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - Pastoor De Clerck" or "Go! Basisschool De Bijenkorf") but no secondary school.

21 different lines of bus have a stop in the commune of Herent like the following lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 285: Mechelen - Kampenhout - Leuven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 352: Kraainem - Kortenberg - Erps Kwerps - Leuven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 358: Brussel - Kortenberg - Leuven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 4: Hasselt - Kortessem - Tongeren
- Bus De Lijn, Line 652: Cargo - Zaventem - Kortenbe - Erps-Kwerps - Leuven

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Herent", "Wijgmaal", "Veltem", "Hambos", "Löwen / Louvain / Leuven".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Brussels Airport". It is 25 minutes by public transport or 16 minutes by car.

We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. 3 stations " Cambio " allow you to rent a shared car.