Lens 7870

Addresses in Lens (Bergen / Mons), commune of 49.8 km²: 4,525 people live in this area where there are a higher proportion of women (51%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 39 years, they are mostly owners (74%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 17,939 € net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household or precisely the national average.

Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 90.5% Belgium
- 4.6% United States
- 1.7% France
- 0.6% Italy
- 0.5% Romania
- 0.3% United Kingdom
- 0.3% Poland
- 1.4% Other

The most common first names for women in Lens are Marie, Nathalie, Isabelle, Anne and Valérie and the most common first names for men are Michel, Philippe, Jean, Daniel and Pascal.

In general, the accommodation you will find in Lens has 6.2 rooms or more than the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1920 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 4.1% apartment buildings and 95.9% houses.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 49.5% open type houses, farms, castles
- 22.3% houses of the closed type
- 22.1% semi-closed type houses
- 4% buildings and flat blocks
- 1.4% commercial houses
- 0.6% other types of buildings

Companies in Lens are located in the following sectors:
- 43 companies present in "mixed farming"
- 16 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 13 corporations active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 12 firms present in "landscape service activities"
- 9 companies active in "joinery installation"
- 9 corporations active in "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."

In Lens, you are close to an access to the highway A7 / E19 - E42 (Halle - Nivelles - Mons - (Valenciennes, France)): you will be there in 11 minutes from the centre of Lens. An access to the highway A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) can also be reached in 16 minutes.

In Lens, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N56
- N524

A supermarket is at your disposal in the commune: 1 Carrefour.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality has 4 nurseries (for example: the nursery "A. V." or also "C. G."), 3 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Communale" or "Ecole Fondamentale Communale"), 3 primary schools (examples: "Ecole Fondamentale Communale" or "Ecole Fondamentale Communale") but no secondary school.

3 lines from bus with a stop in Lens, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus NMBS/SNCB, Line BUS: Tournai -- Mouscron
- Bus TEC, Line 27: Soignies - Silly
- Bus TEC, Line 42: Enghien/Edingen - Neufvilles

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Lens", "Jurbise / Jurbeke", "Cambron-Casteau", "Masnuy-Saint-Pierre", "Brugelette".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 125 minutes by public transport or 32 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Brussels South Charleroi Airport".

It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Lens has no shared cars at the moment.