Addresses in Mechelen / Malines (Mechelen / Malines), as which has 86,616 inhabitants in an area 65.8 km² with slightly more women (51%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are mostly owners (64%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 39 years and their average income is 19,240€ net per year. Households have on average 1 cars and is therefore below the national average (1.3).
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 90.2% Belgium
- 2.2% Morocco
- 1.5% Netherlands
- 0.9% Spain
- 0.6% India
- 0.4% Romania
- 0.4% Poland
- 3.7% Other
In Mechelen / Malines, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Ann, Fatima and Anna and for men you will regularly come across Mohamed, Jan, Marc, Luc and Tom.
In general, the accommodation you will find in Mechelen / Malines has 5.4 rooms and is therefore below the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1945 with this distribution: 65.8% houses and 34.2% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 42.1% houses of the closed type
- 32.9% buildings and flat blocks
- 12% semi-closed type houses
- 9.1% open type houses, farms, castles
- 3.1% commercial houses
- 0.9% other types of buildings
Multiple companies are located in Mechelen / Malines and work in these fields:
- 565 corporations in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 281 firms in the domain "computer consultancy activities"
- 252 companies active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 238 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 225 corporations present in "legal activities"
- 221 companies active in "architectural activities"
Residents of Mechelen / Malines benefit from an entrance to the A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway: it is a 2 minute drive from the centre. The highway A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) also has an access that can be reached in 11 minutes.
These main roads pass through Mechelen / Malines:
- N1
- N1a
- R12
- N14
- N15
The following shops are located in the town: 6 Carrefour, 4 Delhaize, 3 SPAR, 2 LIDL, 1 Bio-Planet, 1 OKay, 1 Match / Smatch and 1 Colruyt.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 41 nurseries (such as the nursery "Dol-Fijn" or "Het Zandkasteel 1"), 34 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - De Parel" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Ark"), 36 primary schools (examples: "Go! Basisschool Maurits Sabbe" or "Vrije Basisschool - School Met De Bijbel - De Wegwijzer") and 28 secondary schools ("Colomaplus Eerste Graad 1" or "Tsm-Bovenbouw").
40 lines of bus passing through Mechelen / Malines, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 1: Hasselt - Genk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 2: Heverlee Campus - Leuven - Kessel-Lo Hulsberg
- Bus De Lijn, Line 4: Hasselt - Kortessem - Tongeren
- Bus De Lijn, Line 5: Hasselt - Nieuwerkerken - Sint-Truiden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 552: Schoolbus Muggenberg - Tielt - Diest
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel", "Mechelen / Malines", "Muizen", "Hofstade", "Sint-Katelijne-Waver / Wavre-Sainte-Catherine".
If you need to recharge your electric vehicle, 14 recharging stations are available in Mechelen / Malines.
In 25 minutes by public transport or 16 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Brussels Airport".
Shared bikes "Blue-bike" can be rented at the 3 stations available in the commune. You don't need to own your own car but have an occasional need? No worries, your commune has 42 stations "Cambio" !
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