Herzele 9550

Addresses in Herzele (Aalst / Alost) where 18,027 inhabitants are distributed over 47.9 km² with fewer men than women (50.5%). The inhabitants are majority ownership (83%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 42 years and their average income is 20,858€ net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household or as much as the average in the country.

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 97.3% Belgium
- 0.4% Romania
- 0.4% Poland
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 0.2% Congo
- 0.1% Spain
- 0.1% Morocco
- 1.2% Other

Rita, Marie, Maria, Ann and Martine are the first names you will come across the most in Herzele for men and Patrick, Marc, Dirk, Luc and Johan for women.

On average, the homes you come across in Herzele will have 6.2 rooms and is therefore above the average in Belgium (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1956 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 86.2% houses and 13.8% apartment buildings.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 30.3% open type houses, farms, castles
- 30.1% semi-closed type houses
- 22.8% houses of the closed type
- 13.3% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.4% commercial houses
- 1.1% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Herzele and work in these fields:
- 72 corporations present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 52 firms in the domain "mixed farming"
- 52 firms present in "joinery installation"
- 44 corporations present in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 44 firms present in "electrical installation"
- 37 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"

The motorway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) is easily accessible to the residents of Herzele: 8 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A14 / E17 motorway. (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) to 20 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Herzele:
- N8
- N42c
- N42b
- N42
- N46

Different supermarkets are available: 1 OKay, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Carrefour.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 6 nurseries (such as the nursery "De Klettekes" or "Kinderdagverblijf Lilou"), 12 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool Wijnhuize - Hillegem" or "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Katrien"), 9 primary schools (e.g. school "Vrije Basisschool" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool") and 3 secondary schools ("Sint-Paulusinstituut" or "Go! Atheneum Zottegem").

Herzele is served by 15 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 390: Aarschot - Tielt - Kapellen - Tienen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 46: Hasselt/Zonhoven - Boxbergheide - Genk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 49: Gent Sint-Pieters - Herzele - Geraardsbergen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 91: Hasselt - Lummen - Tessenderlo - Hulst
- Bus De Lijn, Line 92: Diest - Lummen - Heusden

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Herzele", "Terhagen", "Hillegem", "Burst", "Bambrugge".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Brussels Airport" and is 34 minutes away by car or 54 minutes by public transport.

The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Herzele has no shared cars on its territory.