Koekelare 8680

Addresses in Koekelare (Diksmuide / Dixmude), a municipality of 39.4 km² in which 8,777 people reside with a higher proportion of women (50.2%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 43 years, they are in majority owners (78%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 17,803 € net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household and is therefore within the Belgian average.

Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 98.7% Belgium
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 0.2% Portugal
- 0.1% Romania
- 0.1% Poland
- 0.1% France
- 0.1% United Kingdom
- 0.4% Other

In Koekelare, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Godelieve, Rita and Marleen and for men you will regularly come across Johan, Luc, Dirk, Geert and Marc.

In general, the accommodation you will find in Koekelare has 5.6 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1959 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 87.7% houses and 12.3% apartment buildings.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 41.6% open type houses, farms, castles
- 29.3% semi-closed type houses
- 12.9% houses of the closed type
- 11.8% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.3% commercial houses
- 1.2% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Koekelare and work in these fields:
- 113 firms in the domain "mixed farming"
- 39 firms present in "joinery installation"
- 39 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 34 firms present in "electrical installation"
- 33 companies in the field "landscape service activities"
- 30 companies in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"

The motorway A18 / E40 (Brugge - Veurne - (Dunkirk, France)) is easily accessible to the residents of Koekelare: 12 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A10 / E40 motorway. (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) to 17 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Koekelare:
- N363

Different supermarkets are available: 1 OKay and 1 Delhaize.

For education, the municipality has 7 nurseries (such as the nursery "De Lettertuin" or "'T (B)engelhuisje"), 7 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool De Negensprong 2" or "Go! Basisschool De Lettertuin Koekelare"), 6 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - De Negensprong 1" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Negensprong 1") and 5 secondary schools ("Go! Ensorinstituut Oostende" or "Instituut Sint-Martinus").

7 lines from bus with a stop in Koekelare, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 39: Tongeren - Val-Meer - Kanne - Vroenhoven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 47: Genk - Zonhoven - Halveweg - Houthalen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 49: Gent Sint-Pieters - Herzele - Geraardsbergen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 55: Gent - Zelzate
- Bus De Lijn, Line 64: Dilsen-Maasmechelen-Opgrimbie-Rekem O.P.Z

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Kortemark", "Diksmuide / Dixmude", "Torhout", "Lichtervelde", "Zedelgem".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Ostend-Bruges International Airport" and is 21 minutes away by car or 33 minutes by public transport.

The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Koekelare does not offer shared cars.