It takes about 42 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. Charleroi is only 21 minutes away by car. In just 20 minutes by car you can reach Mons. It will take you 20 minutes to get to La Louvière by bike.
The A7 / E19 - E42 (Halle - Nivelles - Mons - (Valenciennes, France)) can be reached in 2 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 5 minute drive away. A SNCB station ("Bracquegnies") is located 14 minutes away by bike, or 3 minutes by car. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 18 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Ionity Le Roeulx / Thieu Sud") is only 5 minutes’ drive away.
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Hainaut - 82 - Mons - Trazegnies, TEC Hainaut - 30 - Strépy/Thieu - Anderlues with a stand 3 minutes’ walk away, TEC Hainaut - 37/ - Houdeng - Jolimont with a stop reachable in fewer than 7 minutes as a pedestrian.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Carrefour Express Houdeng-Aimeries" (4 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Spar Strepy" (23 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Shop & Go Strepy" (30 minutes by foot or 10 minutes by car).
The closest high school is named "Institut Saint-Joseph D.o.a." and is 3 minutes' away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Communale", 1 minute away by car. C. A. is the most convieniently located nursery: just 4 minutes away as a pedestrian.
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