You can find a close high school: "Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle", in fewer than 3 minutes by car. The closest nursery is named "L. S." and is 2 minutes' away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Alphonse Vaisière", 2 minutes away by bike.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 9 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 31 minutes. In fewer than 1 minute, by car, you can be at "Couillet" train station. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway is accessible in 5 minutes and A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) will take 12 minutes. 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 33 minutes away by foot. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Goeyens") is only 3 minutes’ drive away.
Brussels is 49 minutes away by car. Charleroi is only 5 minutes away by car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Namur with your car. In 38 minutes you can reach Mons.
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud with a stop 2 minutes away by foot, TEC Charleroi - 18 - Jumet (Dépôt)-Charleroi Sud-Châtelet (Chavepeyer), TEC Charleroi - 12 - Gilly (Cimetière) - Loverval (IMTR) with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian. There are multiple metro lines close by: TEC Charleroi - M3 - Charleroi Sud - Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles (Métro), TEC Charleroi - M2 - Charleroi Sud - Anderlues Monument (Métro) with a stop reachable in fewer than 27 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Trafic Marcinelle" (16 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Charleroi" (16 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Marcinnelle 2" (17 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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