It takes about 49 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. It takes approximately 10 minutes to reach Charleroi with your bike. Only 28 minutes are needed to reach Namur with your car. In 38 minutes you can reach Mons.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Goeyens") is only 5 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Couillet": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 21 minutes by public transport. Thanks to the "Cambio - Tumelaire" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 28 minutes walk. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 5 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 10 minute drive away. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 8 minutes.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Mestdagh Montignies Sur Sambre" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Trafic Marcinelle" (5 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Charleroi" (4 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 35 - Charleroi Sud - Farciennes (L'Ysle Marais), TEC Charleroi - 25 - Charleroi Sud - Gilly (Soleilmont) with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 12b - Jumet (Hamendes) - Montignies-sur-Sambre (Place) with a stop 5 minutes away by foot.
Culot Isabelle is the most convieniently located nursery: just 2 minutes away by bike. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale De La Duchère", 2 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Institut D'Enseignement Secondaire Complementaire Catholique - I.e.s.c.a." it is 18 minutes away by foot.
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