Addresses in Sint-Laureins (Eeklo), as which has 6,783 inhabitants in an area 74.5 km² with a higher proportion of men (50.6%) than women in this municipality. The average age is 44 years, the inhabitants are mostly owners (77%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,994€ net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household or as much as the average in the country.
The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 95.7% Belgium
- 2.7% Netherlands
- 0.7% Poland
- 0.1% Portugal
- 0.1% Germany
- 0.1% Ghana
- 0.1% Romania
- 0.5% Other
Rita, Maria, Monique, Marie and Marleen are the first names you will come across the most in Sint-Laureins for men and Luc, Dirk, Peter, Jan and Marc for women.
The average number of rooms in Sint-Laureins is about 6.2 is higher than the Belgian average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1949 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 95% houses and 5% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 60.9% open type houses, farms, castles
- 19.1% semi-closed type houses
- 10.7% houses of the closed type
- 4.7% buildings and flat blocks
- 3% commercial houses
- 1.6% other types of buildings
The municipality of Sint-Laureins has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 119 firms in the domain "mixed farming"
- 34 corporations active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 28 companies present in "landscape service activities"
- 26 firms in the domain "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 20 companies in the field "support activities for crop production"
- 20 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
In Sint-Laureins, you are close to an access to the highway A11 / E34 (Antwerpen - Zelzate): you will be there in 19 minutes from the centre of Sint-Laureins. An access to the highway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) can also be reached in 23 minutes.
In Sint-Laureins, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N455
- N456
A supermarket is at your disposal in the commune: 1 Delhaize.
If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune has 1 nursery ("Dolfijntjes"), 5 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - De Schakel" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Springplank"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool De Regenboog" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Springplank") but no secondary school.
4 lines from bus with a stop in Sint-Laureins, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 195: Belbus Meetjesland
- Bus De Lijn, Line 57: Gent - Watervliet
- Bus De Lijn, Line 62: Tongeren - Vroenhoven - Maastricht
- Bus De Lijn, Line 63: Eisden - Maasmechelen - Lanaken - Maastricht
Here is the choice in the available stations: "Eeklo", "Waarschoot", "Sleidinge", "Aalter", "Bellem".
There is no known charging station in the municipality.
In 50 minutes by car or 77 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Ostend-Bruges International Airport.
The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Sint-Laureins has no shared cars at the moment.
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