Houthulst 8650

Addresses in Houthulst (Diksmuide / Dixmude), a municipality of 56 km² in which 10,098 people reside with slightly more men (50.1%) than women in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 41 years, they are in majority owners (83%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 16,748 € net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household and is therefore within the Belgian average.

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 96.8% Belgium
- 1.1% Romania
- 0.8% Poland
- 0.3% Portugal
- 0.2% France
- 0.2% Netherlands
- 0.1% Hungary
- 0.5% Other

The most common first names for women in Houthulst are Maria, Rita, Marleen, Marie and Nancy and the most common first names for men are Marc, Geert, Patrick, Luc and Dirk.

The average number of rooms in Houthulst is about 5.8 and is therefore below the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1960 with this distribution: 94.4% houses and 5.6% apartment buildings.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 50.6% open type houses, farms, castles
- 26.9% semi-closed type houses
- 12.6% houses of the closed type
- 5.3% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.6% commercial houses
- 1% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Houthulst and work in these fields:
- 110 corporations present in "mixed farming"
- 55 corporations active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 42 corporations in the field "joinery installation"
- 35 corporations active in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 32 corporations present in "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."
- 29 firms in the domain "growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers"

The motorway A19 (Kortrijk - Ieper) is easily accessible to the residents of Houthulst: 13 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A17 / E403 motorway. (Brugge - Kortrijk - Tournai) to 21 minutes.

In Houthulst, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N301
- N369

Different supermarkets are available: 1 OKay and 1 Carrefour.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 5 nurseries (example: "Pimpampoentje" or "Kinderonthaal Eline"), 5 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool Schooltrio" or "Vrije Basisschool Schooltrio Afdeling Klerken"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool Schooltrio Afdeling Klerken" or "Vrije Basisschool Schooltrio") but no secondary school.

You will find 6 lines of bus different lines that stop in Houthulst:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 20: Tessenderlo - Meerhout - Geel/Mol
- Bus De Lijn, Line 24: Tienen - Neerlinter - Ransberg - Kortenaken
- Bus De Lijn, Line 28: Bilzen - Spouwen - Tongeren
- Bus De Lijn, Line 30: Waterpoort - Berchem Station - Sint-Jansplein
- Bus De Lijn, Line 38: Hasselt - Kortessem - Borgloon - Heers

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Diksmuide / Dixmude", "Kortemark", "Roeselare / Roulers", "Lichtervelde", "Ieper / Ypres".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 40 minutes by public transport or 26 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Wevelgem Airport".

It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Houthulst does not offer shared cars.