Lessines 7860

Addresses in Lessines / Lessen (Aat / Ath), a municipality of 72.7 km² in which 18,656 people reside with more women (50.9%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age is 41 years, residents are mostly owners (76%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 16,816€. There is an average of 1.2 cars per household is lower than the national average (1.3).

Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 94.4% Belgium
- 1.3% France
- 0.9% Italy
- 0.6% Romania
- 0.5% Portugal
- 0.4% Spain
- 0.2% Morocco
- 1.8% Other

The most common first names for women in Lessines / Lessen are Marie, Anne, Nathalie, Martine and Isabelle and the most common first names for men are Jean, Michel, Alain, Marc and Philippe.

The average number of rooms in Lessines / Lessen is about 5.8 and is therefore below the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1920 with this distribution: 92.4% houses and 7.6% apartment buildings.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 37.1% open type houses, farms, castles
- 32.2% houses of the closed type
- 20.2% semi-closed type houses
- 7.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.4% commercial houses
- 0.6% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Lessines / Lessen and work in these fields:
- 74 firms active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 71 corporations present in "mixed farming"
- 29 firms in the domain "electrical installation"
- 29 firms present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 25 companies in the field "beverage serving activities"
- 23 firms in the domain "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."

Residents of Lessines / Lessen benefit from an entrance to the A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) motorway: it is a 5 minute drive from the centre. The highway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) also has an access that can be reached in 31 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Lessines / Lessen:
- N42
- N56
- N57
- N521
- N529

Different supermarkets are available: 2 Delhaize, 1 Trafic, 1 Intermarché, 1 Aldi and 1 LIDL.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality offers 13 nurseries ("N. H." or "L. S." for example), 16 nursery schools ("Ecole Communale "les Galopins"" or "Ecole Paroissiale Libre Subventionnée Saint-Roch"), 15 primary schools ("Ecole Communale "les Galopins"" or "Ecole Communale "les Galopins"" for example) and 3 secondary schools ("Athenee Royal Rene Magritte" or "College Visitation - La Berliere").

Lessines / Lessen is served by 2 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus TEC, Line 10: Saint-Ghislain - Herchies
- Bus TEC, Line 87: Ronse/Renaix - Enghien/Edingen

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Lessines / Lessen", "Houraing", "Acren / Akren", "Papignies / Papegem", "Rebaix".

If you need to recharge your electric vehicle, 1 recharging stations are available in Lessines / Lessen.

In 39 minutes by car or 60 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Wevelgem Airport.

We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. Lessines / Lessen does not seem to offer shared cars.