It takes about 42 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. Only 20 minutes are needed to reach Charleroi with your car. In 36 minutes you can reach Namur. In just 21 minutes by car you can reach Mons.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Houdeng-Goegnies" (16 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Shop & Go Strepy" (26 minutes by foot or 10 minutes by car), "Colruyt La Louviere" (4 minutes by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Hainaut - 107 - Jolimont - Ecaussinnes with a stop 2 minutes away by foot, TEC Hainaut - 40 - La Louvière Sud - Houdeng (Garocentre) with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Ionity Le Roeulx / Thieu Nord") is only 6 minutes’ drive away. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 16 minutes. A SNCB station ("La Louvière-Centre / La Louvière-Centrum") is located 9 minutes away by bike, or 4 minutes by car. The A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) can be reached in 3 minutes, and the slip road to A7 / E19 - E42 (Halle - Nivelles - Mons - (Valenciennes, France)) is just a 4 minute drive away.
You can find a convienient elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Communale Du Centre", 10 minutes away by foot. The closest high school is named "Institut Saint-Joseph D.o.a." and is 3 minutes' away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "S. B." it is 16 minutes away by foot. Ecole Maternelle Communale Autonome is the most convieniently located preschool: just 8 minutes away as a pedestrian.
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