It takes about 44 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In just 9 minutes by car you can reach Charleroi. Namur is only 27 minutes away by car. In 32 minutes you can reach Mons.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Van Der Valk Hotel Charleroi Airport") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 2 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 6 minute drive away. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 5 minutes. A SNCB station ("Courcelles-Motte") is located 5 minutes away by bike, or 1 minute by car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Beaux-Arts" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 101 minutes away by foot.
You can find a convienient nursery: "Roseline Van Der Poorten", 6 minutes away by foot. If you are looking for a high school, "Centre Educatif Communal Secondaire "la Garenne"" it is 5 minutes away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Du Trieu", 1 minute away by car.
You can access these bus lines: TEC Charleroi - 41 - Charleroi - Courcelles - Gosselies - Jumet, TEC Charleroi - 61 - Jumet (Madeleine) - Trazegnies (Sentier Madame), TEC Charleroi - 63 - Jumet (Madeleine) - Fontaine-l'Évêque with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Pause Courcelles" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Courcelles" (20 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Trafic Courcelles" (19 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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