Addresses in Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel (Nijvel / Nivelles) where 40,008 inhabitants are distributed over 52.3 km² with fewer men than women (51.9%). The inhabitants are mainly owners (70%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 41 years and their average income is 21,611€ net per year. The households own about 1.3 cars and is therefore within the Belgian average.
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 89.5% Belgium
- 2.7% France
- 1.4% Italy
- 1.1% Portugal
- 0.9% Spain
- 0.8% Romania
- 0.4% Poland
- 3.2% Other
In Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel, the first names you will hear the most in women are Marie, Anne, Nathalie, Martine and Isabelle and for men you will regularly come across Jean, Philippe, Michel, Nicolas and Olivier.
In Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel, the dwellings have on average 5.7 rooms and is therefore below the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1961 with this distribution: 77.7% houses and 22.3% apartment buildings.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 29.7% open type houses, farms, castles
- 26% houses of the closed type
- 21.8% buildings and flat blocks
- 20.1% semi-closed type houses
- 1.9% commercial houses
- 0.5% other types of buildings
Companies in Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel are located in the following sectors:
- 277 firms active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 156 corporations in the field "computer consultancy activities"
- 132 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 120 companies in the field "accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities/ tax consultancy"
- 112 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 96 corporations active in "legal activities"
The motorway R0 (Brussels ring) is easily accessible to the residents of Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel: 5 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A8 / E429 - E42 motorway. (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) to 12 minutes.
Access to these roads is easy to Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel:
- N5f
- N27
- N28
- N246
- N280
The following shops are located in the town: 4 Carrefour, 3 Delitraiteur, 3 Delhaize, 1 Bio-Planet, 1 Trafic, 1 LIDL and 1 Colruyt.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 25 nurseries (for example: the nursery "Les Petits Papillons" or also "Latifa Bridaa"), 15 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Communale "le Grand Frêne"" or "Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Riva-Bella - Braine-L'Alleud"), 15 primary schools (examples: "Ecole Anne-Marie Fondamentale Libre" or "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Vallée Bailly") and 5 secondary schools ("Athenee Royal Riva-Bella" or "College Archiepiscopal Cardinal Mercier").
Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel is served by 22 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus TEC, Line 114: Braine-l'Alleud - Halle
- Bus TEC, Line 115: Braine-l'Alleud - Tubize
- Bus TEC, Line 66: Nivelles - Braine-l'Alleud
- Bus TEC, Line 67: Braine-l'Alleud - Barrière - Parc de l'Alliance
- Bus TEC, Line W: Bruxelles/Brussel - Waterloo - Braine-l'Alleud
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Braine-L'Alleud / Eigenbrakel", "Waterloo", "De Hoek", "Lillois", "Rhode-St.-Genese / St.-Genesius-Rode / Rhode-Saint-Genèse / Sint-Genesius-Rode".
Within the perimeter of Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel, you will find 1 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.
The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Brussels Airport". It is 39 minutes by public transport or 25 minutes by car.
We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel does not seem to offer shared cars.
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