Poperinge 8970

Addresses in Poperinge (Ieper / Ypres), commune of 120.4 km²: 19,702 people live in this area where there are fewer men than women (50.4%). The average age of the inhabitants is about 43 years, they are mainly owners (76%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 17,121 € net per year. The households own about 1.2 cars is lower than the national average (1.3).

The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 97.1% Belgium
- 0.9% France
- 0.4% Romania
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.1% Somalia
- 0.1% Iraq
- 0.8% Other

Maria, Marie, Rita, Martine and Monique are the first names you will come across the most in Poperinge for men and Marc, Luc, Patrick, Jan and Johan for women.

On average, the homes you come across in Poperinge will have 6.6 rooms is higher than the Belgian average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1944 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 9.1% apartment buildings and 90.9% houses.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 36% open type houses, farms, castles
- 30.1% houses of the closed type
- 18.7% semi-closed type houses
- 8.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 4.5% commercial houses
- 2.3% other types of buildings

Companies in Poperinge are located in the following sectors:
- 292 corporations present in "mixed farming"
- 92 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 67 corporations in the field "joinery installation"
- 61 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 57 corporations present in "electrical installation"
- 56 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"

Living in Poperinge, you will not be far from an entrance to the A19 (Kortrijk - Ieper) motorway, which is 12 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A18 / E40 motorway (Brugge - Veurne - (Dunkirk, France)) is also accessible in 27 minutes.

In Poperinge, you will also have access to these main roads:
- R33
- N38
- N 304
- N304
- N308

The following shops are located in the town: 2 Delhaize, 1 SPAR and 1 Colruyt.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 9 nurseries (such as the nursery "Hopliema" or "La Belle"), 13 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool De Kleine Prins" or "Vrije Basisschool Sint-Benedictus"), 12 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool" or "Vrije Basisschool") and 21 secondary schools ("Go! Middenschool Ieper" or "Sint-Janscollege 1").

7 lines of bus passing through Poperinge, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 29: Tienen Station - Tienen Industriepark
- Bus De Lijn, Line 51: Hasselt - Stokrooie - Zolder - Heusden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 57: Gent - Watervliet
- Bus De Lijn, Line 60: Kortrijk - Heule - Lendelede - Izegem - Roeselare
- Bus De Lijn, Line 61: Maaseik - Vroenhoven - Tongeren

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

Within the perimeter of Poperinge, you will find 4 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.

In 40 minutes by public transport or 26 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Wevelgem Airport".

Shared bikes "Blue-bike" can be rented at the 1 stations available in the commune. Poperinge has no shared cars on its territory.