Addresses in Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel (Nijvel / Nivelles) where 10,549 inhabitants are distributed over 22.8 km² with fewer men than women (51.5%). The inhabitants are mainly owners (77%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 41 years and their average income is 21,213€ net per year. There is an average of 1.5 cars per household is higher than the Belgian average (1.3).
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 91.9% Belgium
- 2.1% France
- 1.3% Portugal
- 1.3% Italy
- 0.8% Romania
- 0.6% Spain
- 0.2% Poland
- 1.7% Other
Jean, Michel, Philippe, Marc and Nicolas are the most common first names for men in Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel and Marie, Anne, Nathalie, Martine and Isabelle for women.
On average, the homes you come across in Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel will have 6 rooms and is therefore within the Belgian average. On average, buildings were built around 1944 and the breakdown is as follows: 89.2% houses and 10.8% apartment buildings.
More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 48.9% open type houses, farms, castles
- 27.1% semi-closed type houses
- 10.9% houses of the closed type
- 10.5% buildings and flat blocks
- 1.4% commercial houses
- 1.3% other types of buildings
Companies in Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel are located in the following sectors:
- 86 companies present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 38 firms in the domain "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 37 firms present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 30 companies present in "electrical installation"
- 30 firms in the domain "landscape service activities"
- 29 firms in the domain "computer consultancy activities"
Residents of Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel benefit from an entrance to the R0 (Brussels ring) motorway: it is a 5 minute drive from the centre. The highway A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) also has an access that can be reached in 6 minutes.
Access to these roads is easy to Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel:
- N28
- N246
The following shops are located in the town: 1 LIDL, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune has 8 nurseries (for example: the nursery "Le Jardin Des Elfes" or also "Ligna"), 5 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Libre Les Marronniers" or "Ecole Communale Fondamentale"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Les Marronniers" or "Ecole Communale Fondamentale") but no secondary school.
Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel is served by 6 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 2: Tubize - Nivelles
- Bus TEC, Line 69: Nivelles - B.S.Isaac - Ittre - Braine-le-Château
- Bus TEC, Line E2: Tubize - Nivelles (Express)
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Tubize / Tubeke", "Lembeek", "Halle / Hal", "Hennuyères", "Braine-L'Alleud / Eigenbrakel".
Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 1 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel!
The nearest airport is "Brussels South Charleroi Airport" and is 23 minutes away by car or 97 minutes by public transport.
Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel does not offer shared cars.
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