Messines 8957

Addresses in Mesen / Messines (Ieper / Ypres), as which has 1,065 inhabitants in an area 3.6 km² with slightly more women (50.3%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 39 years, residents are mainly owners (68%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 13,719€. The households own about 1.1 cars or less than the national average (1.3).

The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 87.1% Belgium
- 9.8% France
- 0.9% Russia
- 0.7% Italy
- 0.3% Spain
- 0.3% Portugal
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.7% Other

Carine, Christine, Marie, Martine and Evelyne are the first names you will come across the most in Mesen / Messines for men and Patrick, Eddy, Marc, Anthony and Daniel for women.

In Mesen / Messines, the dwellings have on average 6.3 rooms either above the country's average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1947 with this distribution: 98.5% houses and 1.5% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 62.7% houses of the closed type
- 16.9% open type houses, farms, castles
- 12.9% semi-closed type houses
- 5.6% commercial houses
- 1.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 0.4% other types of buildings

The municipality of Mesen / Messines has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 6 corporations active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 5 firms present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 4 companies in the field "mixed farming"
- 4 corporations in the field "painting and glazing"
- 3 firms in the domain "other telecommunications activities"
- 3 corporations in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"

Residents of Mesen / Messines benefit from an entrance to the A19 (Kortrijk - Ieper) motorway: it is a 15 minute drive from the centre. The highway A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) also has an access that can be reached in 25 minutes.

These main roads pass through Mesen / Messines:
- N314
- N365

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shop: 1 SPAR.

If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune has 1 nursery ("Bouxom Kurt - Sylvia Peperstraete"), a nursery school ("Vrije Basisschool"), 2 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool" or "Vrije Basisschool" for example) but no secondary school.

You will find 2 lines of bus different lines that stop in Mesen / Messines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 29: Tienen Station - Tienen Industriepark
- Bus De Lijn, Line 72: Oostakker - Gent - Merelbeke Molenhoek

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Comines / Komen", "Ieper / Ypres", "Wervik", "Poperinge", "Menen / Menin".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Wevelgem Airport" and is 21 minutes away by car or 33 minutes by public transport.

It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Thanks to 1 stations "Cambio", you will be able to rent a car when you need one.