You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Charleroi-Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 51 minutes away by foot. A SNCB station ("Couillet") is located 8 minutes away by bike, or 3 minutes by car. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 10 minutes. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Renault Goeyens") for your electric car. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway is accessible in 7 minutes and A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) will take 11 minutes.
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 20 - Gerpinnes - IMTR - Charleroi with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 14 - Charleroi Sud - Bouffioulx - Gilly (Gazomètre), TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud with a stop 6 minutes away by foot.
You can find a close nursery: "Les Fiestaux", in fewer than 1 minute by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Communale Du Fond Jacques", 1 minute away by bike. Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle is the most convieniently located high school: just 11 minutes away as a pedestrian.
Brussels is 51 minutes away by car. In 16 minutes you can reach Charleroi by bike. Only 29 minutes are needed to reach Namur with your car. It takes about 37 minutes to reach Mons with your car.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Carrefour Market Couillet" (10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Marcinelle" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Couillet" (18 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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