Meerhout 2450

Addresses in Meerhout (Turnhout), as which has 10,361 inhabitants in an area 36.5 km² with a lower number of women compared to men (50.6%). The average age is 43 years, the inhabitants are majority ownership (82%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 19,193€ net per year. Households have on average 1.3 cars and is therefore within the Belgian average.

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 95.7% Belgium
- 1.9% Netherlands
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.3% Romania
- 0.2% Portugal
- 0.1% France
- 0.1% Italy
- 1.4% Other

Jozef, Jan, Marc, Willy and Alfons are the most common first names for men in Meerhout and Maria, Marleen, Anna, Ann and Els for women.

On average, the homes you come across in Meerhout will have 5.6 rooms or less than the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1968 with this distribution: 87.1% houses and 12.9% apartment buildings.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 57.2% open type houses, farms, castles
- 17.6% semi-closed type houses
- 12.2% buildings and flat blocks
- 7.7% houses of the closed type
- 2.7% other types of buildings
- 2.6% commercial houses

The municipality of Meerhout has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 54 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 31 companies present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 29 corporations present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 29 firms active in "activities of head offices"
- 24 corporations in the field "landscape service activities"
- 19 corporations present in "beverage serving activities"

In Meerhout, you are close to an access to the highway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège): you will be there in 5 minutes from the centre of Meerhout. An access to the highway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) can also be reached in 16 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Meerhout:
- N102
- N110
- N126

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 OKay, 1 SPAR, 1 Aldi and 1 Delhaize.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality offers 2 nurseries ("Het Pagadderke" or "Dol-Fijn Vestiging De Boomgaard" for example), 5 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool De Kabaz" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Duizendpoot"), 5 primary schools (e.g. school "Vrije Basisschool De Kabaz" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Duizendpoot") but no secondary school.

5 lines of bus passing through Meerhout, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 19: Sportpaleis - Deurne Zuid
- Bus De Lijn, Line 20: Tessenderlo - Meerhout - Geel/Mol
- Bus De Lijn, Line 299: Hasselt - Diest - Geel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 302: Maaseik - Leopoldsburg - Geel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 733: Belbus Balen zuid/west

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Mol", "Balen / Baelen", "Geel", "Beverlo", "Leopoldsburg / Bourg-Léopold".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)". It is 49 minutes by public transport or 32 minutes by car.

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