Addresses in Charleroi where 202,267 inhabitants are distributed over 102.9 km² with a higher proportion of women (51.2%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 39 years, the inhabitants are majority ownership (54%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 13,444€ net per year. There is an average of 0.9 cars per household or below the Belgian average (1.3).
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 85% Belgium
- 5.5% Italy
- 1.5% Morocco
- 1.1% France
- 1% Turkey
- 0.9% Romania
- 0.8% Algeria
- 4.1% Other
Jean, Michel, Philippe, Alain and Mohamed are the most common first names for men in Charleroi and Marie, Maria, Nathalie, Isabelle and Françoise for women.
The average number of rooms in Charleroi is about 5.3 is lower than the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1920 with this distribution: 77.2% houses and 22.8% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 43% houses of the closed type
- 23.2% semi-closed type houses
- 21.5% buildings and flat blocks
- 6.7% open type houses, farms, castles
- 4.1% commercial houses
- 1.6% other types of buildings
The municipality of Charleroi has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 565 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 497 corporations active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 320 corporations in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 251 companies in the field "beverage serving activities"
- 243 corporations active in "legal activities"
- 233 companies in the field "retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating"
In Charleroi, you are close to an access to the highway A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi): you will be there in 0 minutes from the centre of Charleroi. An access to the highway A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) can also be reached in 7 minutes.
Access to these roads is easy to Charleroi:
- N5
- N29
- R51
- R51b
- R51e
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 18 Carrefour, 9 Aldi, 8 LIDL, 7 Louis Delhaize, 5 Colruyt, 5 Delhaize, 4 Trafic, 4 Intermarché, 1 Bio-Planet and 1 Match / Smatch.
For education, the municipality has 67 nurseries (for example: the nursery "S. D." or also "M. B."), 130 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Pierre" or "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Des Soeurs De La Providence"), 135 primary schools (examples: "Ecole Primaire De Charleroi-Roton" or "Ecole Fondamentale Libre De L'Alliance") and 37 secondary schools ("Centre Educatif Communal Secondaire "la Garenne"" or "Athenee Royal Vauban").
The tram is at your disposal in Charleroi with 3 lines such as:
- Tram TEC, line M2 : Charleroi Sud - Anderlues Monument (Métro)
- Tram TEC, line M3 : Charleroi Sud - Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles (Métro)
- Tram TEC, line M4 : Charleroi Sud - Gilly Soleilmont (Métro)
You will find 63 lines of bus different lines that stop in Charleroi:
- Bus TEC, Line 1: Montignies (Place) - Charleroi Sud - GB Bomerée
- Bus TEC, Line 18: Jumet (Dépôt)-Charleroi Sud-Châtelet (Chavepeyer)
- Bus TEC, Line 28: Châtelineau (SNCB) - Jumet (Madeleine)
- Bus TEC, Line 710: Fleurus - Charleroi
- Bus TEC, Line 86: Gosselies (Athénée)-Jumet (Gohyssart)-Charl-Sud
Here is the choice in the available stations: "Charleroi-Ouest / Charleroi-West", "Charleroi-Sud / Charleroi-Zuid", "Lodelinsart", "Couillet", "Marchienne-Au-Pont".
Charleroi offers solutions for electric vehicles: 6 stations allow you to recharge your electric car.
In 4 minutes by car or 31 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport.
Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. 3 stations " Cambio " allow you to rent a shared car.
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