Herne 1540

Addresses in Herne (Halle-Vilvoorde / Hal-Vilvorde), commune of 44.7 km²: 6,665 people live in this area where there are a higher proportion of women (51.1%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 43 years, they are mainly owners (83%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 21,247 € net per year. There is an average of 1.4 cars per household or more than the national average (1.3).

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 97% Belgium
- 0.5% Romania
- 0.4% Netherlands
- 0.3% France
- 0.2% Italy
- 0.1% Poland
- 0.1% Afghanistan
- 1.3% Other

Marie, Maria, Martine, Christiane and Nicole are the first names you will come across the most in Herne for men and Jean, Luc, Michel, Marc and Patrick for women.

In general, the accommodation you will find in Herne has 6.1 rooms and is therefore above the average in Belgium (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1939 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 6.1% apartment buildings and 93.9% houses.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 47.4% open type houses, farms, castles
- 21.9% semi-closed type houses
- 21% houses of the closed type
- 5.8% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.3% other types of buildings
- 1.6% commercial houses

The municipality of Herne has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 73 companies in the field "mixed farming"
- 33 companies active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 29 corporations present in "landscape service activities"
- 28 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 15 firms present in "support activities for crop production"
- 15 corporations present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"

In Herne, you are close to an access to the highway A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)): you will be there in 6 minutes from the centre of Herne. An access to the highway R0 (Brussels ring) can also be reached in 16 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Herne:
- N255
- N269
- N272
- N285
- N495

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shop: 1 SPAR.

If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune has 1 nursery ("Zonnetje Herne - Groene Boom"), 3 nursery schools ("Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Regenboog" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Bloesem"), 3 primary schools (e.g. school "Vrije Basisschool - De Bloesem" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Regenboog") but no secondary school.

The bus is at your disposal in Herne with 8 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 160: Leerbeek - Herne - Edingen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 161: Leerbeek - Geraardsbergen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 164: Leerbeek - Heikruis - Halle
- Bus De Lijn, Line 71: Oostakker - Gent - Nazareth
- Bus TEC, Line 471: Sint-Pieters-Kapelle - Enghien/Edingen - Halle

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Herne", "Tollembeek", "Enghien / Edingen", "Galmaarden / Gammerages", "Viane-Moerbeke".

Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 1 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Herne!

In 64 minutes by public transport or 41 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Brussels Airport".

We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. Herne has no shared cars on its territory.