Addresses in Chimay (Thuin), commune of 198.6 km²: 9,805 people live in this area where there are slightly more women (50.7%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are in majority owners (63%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 15,271€ net per year. Households have on average 1.1 cars is lower than the national average (1.3).
The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 95.8% Belgium
- 2.6% France
- 0.3% Italy
- 0.2% Romania
- 0.1% Spain
- 0.1% Netherlands
- 0.1% Chinea
- 0.8% Other
Marie, Françoise, Monique, Nathalie and Bernadette are the first names you will come across the most in Chimay for men and Jean, Michel, Philippe, Pierre and Daniel for women.
In Chimay, the dwellings have on average 5.9 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1925 and the breakdown is as follows: 94% houses and 6% apartment buildings.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 44.5% open type houses, farms, castles
- 22.2% semi-closed type houses
- 13.3% houses of the closed type
- 11.9% other types of buildings
- 5.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 3% commercial houses
Multiple companies are located in Chimay and work in these fields:
- 105 corporations active in "mixed farming"
- 37 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 33 companies present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 30 companies in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 24 corporations in the field "maintenance and repair of motor vehicles"
- 19 firms present in "electrical installation"
Living in Chimay, you will not be far from an entrance to the A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway, which is 44 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A15 / E42 motorway (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is also accessible in 48 minutes.
In Chimay, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N53
- N53A
- R55
- N99
- N589
The following shops are located in the town: 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Delhaize.
In terms of children's facilities, the municipality contains 7 nurseries (example: "A. T." or "A. R."), 17 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Chimay" or "Ecole Primaire Et Maternelle Saints Pierre Et Paul"), 17 primary schools (examples: "Groupe Scolaire Communal Jehan Froissart" or "Ecole Fondamentale Communale Groupe Scolaire Charlemagne") and 5 secondary schools ("Athenee Royal De Chimay" or "Institut Notre-Dame").
Chimay is served by 11 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus TEC, Line 109a: Charleroi - Beaumont - Chimay
- Bus TEC, Line 156a: Chimay - Momignies
- Bus TEC, Line 156c: Chimay - Mariembourg / Pesche
- Bus TEC, Line 59/1: Pesche - Couvin - Cul-des-Sarts - Chimay
- Bus TEC, Line 60/1: Chimay - Gonrieux - Couvin
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Couvin", "Mariembourg", "Philippeville", "Yves-Gomezée", "Walcourt".
There is no known charging station in the municipality.
In 125 minutes by public transport or 48 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Brussels South Charleroi Airport".
We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. Chimay has no shared cars on its territory.
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