Wervik 8940

Addresses in Wervik (Ieper / Ypres) where 18,767 inhabitants are distributed over 43.8 km² with more men (50.2%) than women in this agglomeration. The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are in majority owners (72%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 17,157€ net per year. There is an average of 1.2 cars per household or below the Belgian average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 92.8% Belgium
- 3.3% France
- 0.5% Romania
- 0.4% Spain
- 0.4% Portugal
- 0.3% Morocco
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 1.9% Other

Jean, Patrick, Luc, Marc and Johan are the most common first names for men in Wervik and Marie, Maria, Monique, Martine and Carine for women.

In Wervik, the dwellings have on average 5.9 rooms and is therefore below the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1953 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 91.3% houses and 8.7% apartment buildings.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 40.7% houses of the closed type
- 25.1% semi-closed type houses
- 19.6% open type houses, farms, castles
- 8.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.8% commercial houses
- 2.6% other types of buildings

The municipality of Wervik has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 92 companies active in "mixed farming"
- 82 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 51 firms present in "joinery installation"
- 44 companies active in "electrical installation"
- 42 corporations present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 38 companies in the field "landscape service activities"

In Wervik, you are close to an access to the highway A19 (Kortrijk - Ieper): you will be there in 4 minutes from the centre of Wervik. An access to the highway A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) can also be reached in 14 minutes.

These main roads pass through Wervik:
- N8
- N58
- N303
- N311
- N515

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 SPAR, 1 LIDL and 1 Carrefour.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 10 nurseries (example: "'T Wolkje" or "De Klokketoren"), 7 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool-De Graankorrel-Geluwe" or "Vrije Basisschool De Graankorrel"), 5 primary schools (e.g. school "Go! Futura - Basisschool Wervik" or "Vrije Basisschool De Graankorrel") and 4 secondary schools ("Go! Futura - Secundair Onderwijs 2de En 3de Graad" or "Sint-Jorisschool Eerste Graad").

6 lines from bus with a stop in Wervik, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 29: Tienen Station - Tienen Industriepark
- Bus De Lijn, Line 43: Sint-Niklaas - Stekene Hellestraat - Hulst
- Bus De Lijn, Line 69: Waarschoot - Gent Zuid
- Bus De Lijn, Line 84: Hamont - Geel
- Bus TEC, Line 3: Mouscron/Moeskroen - Comines/Komen

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Wervik", "Comines / Komen", "Menen / Menin", "Wevelgem", "Tourcoing".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Wevelgem Airport" and is 10 minutes away by car or 16 minutes by public transport.

Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Wervik does not seem to offer shared cars.