Addresses in Maasmechelen (Tongeren / Tongres), commune of 76.9 km²: 38,516 people live in this area where there are fewer men than women (50%). The average age is 41 years, residents are majority ownership (70%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 15,594€. Households have on average 1.3 cars either aligned with the country's average.
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 80.4% Belgium
- 8.6% Netherlands
- 5% Italy
- 1.2% Turkey
- 1.1% Bulgaria
- 0.6% Morocco
- 0.4% Poland
- 2.7% Other
Jean, Joseph, Peter, Giuseppe and Patrick are the most common first names for men in Maasmechelen and Maria, Marie, Anna, Rita and Sandra for women.
In general, the accommodation you will find in Maasmechelen has 5.8 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1967 and the breakdown is as follows: 74% houses and 26% apartment buildings.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 36.8% semi-closed type houses
- 24.6% buildings and flat blocks
- 24% open type houses, farms, castles
- 9.2% houses of the closed type
- 3.2% other types of buildings
- 2.1% commercial houses
Companies in Maasmechelen are located in the following sectors:
- 159 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 134 companies active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 83 corporations active in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 70 firms active in "beverage serving activities"
- 69 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 62 companies present in "electrical installation"
In Maasmechelen, you are close to an access to the highway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen): you will be there in 1 minutes from the centre of Maasmechelen. An access to the highway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can also be reached in 22 minutes.
These main roads pass through Maasmechelen:
- N75
- N78
- N723
- N742
- N763
Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 3 Delhaize, 2 Aldi, 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 SPAR, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt.
For education, the municipality has 8 nurseries (for example: the nursery "'T Debberke 1" or also "'T Debberke 2"), 17 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Proosterbos" or "Go! Tehuis En Basisschool Kubik"), 14 primary schools ("Go! Basisschool Op Het Boseind Maasmechelen" or "Go! Basisschool De Kn@ppe Ontdekker Maasmechelen" for example) and 7 secondary schools ("Go! Nikola Tesla Middenschool" or "Go! Campus Genk Altea").
11 lines from bus with a stop in Maasmechelen, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 45: Hasselt - Universiteit - Genk - Maaseik/Maastricht
- Bus De Lijn, Line 63: Eisden - Maasmechelen - Lanaken - Maastricht
- Bus De Lijn, Line 64: Dilsen-Maasmechelen-Opgrimbie-Rekem O.P.Z
- Bus De Lijn, Line 65: Stokkem-Meeswijk-Maasmechelen-Boorsem-Uikhoven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 725: Belbus Dilsen-Stokkem-Lanklaar-Maasmechelen
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Maastricht", "Genk", "Maastricht Randwyck", "Bilzen", "Bokrijk".
Maasmechelen offers solutions for electric vehicles: 4 stations allow you to recharge your electric car.
The nearest airport is "Liège Airport" and is 41 minutes away by car or 186 minutes by public transport.
Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Maasmechelen does not seem to offer shared cars.
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