Erquelinnes 6560

Addresses in Erquelinnes (Thuin), commune of 44.5 km²: 10,003 people live in this area where there are a higher proportion of women (51.3%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 40 years, they are in majority owners (69%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 15,160 € net per year. There is an average of 1.1 cars per household or below the Belgian average (1.3).

The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 92.9% Belgium
- 4.9% France
- 0.8% Italy
- 0.1% Morocco
- 0.1% Lebanon
- 0.1% Romania
- 0.1% Pakistan
- 0.9% Other

In Erquelinnes, the first names you will hear the most in women are Marie, Isabelle, Martine, Nathalie and Chantal and for men you will regularly come across Michel, Jean, Philippe, Alain and Christian.

The average number of rooms in Erquelinnes is about 6 and is therefore within the Belgian average. The average year of construction of the buildings is 1912 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 97% houses and 3% apartment buildings.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 33% semi-closed type houses
- 29.3% houses of the closed type
- 27.8% open type houses, farms, castles
- 3.9% commercial houses
- 3.2% other types of buildings
- 2.7% buildings and flat blocks

Companies in Erquelinnes are located in the following sectors:
- 27 companies in the field "mixed farming"
- 25 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 22 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 18 companies in the field "architectural activities"
- 17 corporations in the field "landscape service activities"
- 16 firms in the domain "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"

Living in Erquelinnes, you will not be far from an entrance to the A7 / E19 - E42 (Halle - Nivelles - Mons - (Valenciennes, France)) motorway, which is 24 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 27 minutes.

These main roads pass through Erquelinnes:
- N 40
- N40
- N54a
- N55
- D 336

The following shops are located in the town: 1 Trafic, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.

If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune contains 3 nurseries (example: "Planète Mômes" or "F. B."), 11 nursery schools ("Ecole Communale Fondamentale Groupe Pédagogique Erquelinnes II" or "Ecole Communale Fondamentale Groupe Pédagogique Erquelinnes II"), 11 primary schools (e.g. school "Ecole Fondamentale Communale" or "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Thérèse") and 2 secondary schools ("Ecole D'Arts Et Metiers" or "Institut Technique De La Communaute Francaise Erquelinnes").

6 lines from bus with a stop in Erquelinnes, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus NMBS/SNCB, Line BUS: Tournai -- Mouscron
- Bus TEC, Line 108: Binche - Erquelinnes
- Bus TEC, Line 129: Macquenoise - Mons
- Bus TEC, Line 134/: Mons - Beaumont
- Bus TEC, Line E110: Express Beaumont - Mons

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Erquelinnes-Village", "Erquelinnes", "Erquelinnes-Frontière", "Solre-Sur-Sambre", "Labuissière".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Brussels South Charleroi Airport" and is 34 minutes away by car or 53 minutes by public transport.

Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Erquelinnes has no shared cars at the moment.