Merksplas 2330

Addresses in Merksplas (Turnhout) where 8,600 inhabitants are distributed over 44.6 km² with a lower number of women compared to men (50.7%). The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are mostly owners (75%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,848€ net per year. There is an average of 1.4 cars per household and is therefore above the average in Belgium (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 90.6% Belgium
- 5% Netherlands
- 2.2% Romania
- 0.8% Poland
- 0.4% Portugal
- 0.1% Iraq
- 0.1% Germany
- 0.8% Other

Jan, Jozef, Marc, Luc and Frans are the most common first names for men in Merksplas and Maria, Rita, Anna, Ann and Ilse for women.

In Merksplas, the dwellings have on average 6.2 rooms or more than the national average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1970 and the breakdown is as follows: 86% houses and 14% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 43% open type houses, farms, castles
- 22.3% semi-closed type houses
- 18% other types of buildings
- 11.3% buildings and flat blocks
- 4.2% houses of the closed type
- 1.1% commercial houses

Multiple companies are located in Merksplas and work in these fields:
- 34 firms present in "mixed farming"
- 32 firms active in "raising of swine/pigs"
- 30 companies active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 30 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 26 companies present in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 24 corporations in the field "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."

Living in Merksplas, you will not be far from an entrance to the A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)) motorway, which is 9 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A1 / E19 motorway (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) is also accessible in 15 minutes.

In Merksplas, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N124
- N131
- N132

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality has 4 nurseries (such as the nursery "Vrolijke Voetjes" or "De Bengelboot"), 3 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Qworzo"), 3 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool" or "Vrije Basisschool" for example) but no secondary school.

You will find 6 lines of bus different lines that stop in Merksplas:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 430: Meersel Dreef - Hoogstraten - Turnhout - Reusel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 432: Brecht-Rijkevorsel-Merksplas-Turnhout-Arendonk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 434: Turnhout - Beerse - Merksplas - Hoogstraten
- Bus De Lijn, Line 458: Poppel - Hoogstraten Scholen via Merksplas
- Bus De Lijn, Line 459: Turnhout - Hoogstraten Scholen via Weelde

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Turnhout", "Tielen", "Noorderkempen", "Herentals", "Olen".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 45 minutes by public transport or 29 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)".

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