Addresses in Sombreffe (Namen / Namur) where 8,440 inhabitants are distributed over 35.9 km² with more women (50.4%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age of the inhabitants is about 39 years, they are majority ownership (78%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,889 € net per year. Households have on average 1.4 cars and is therefore above the average in Belgium (1.3).
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 95.5% Belgium
- 1.3% France
- 1.3% Italy
- 0.5% Romania
- 0.3% Spain
- 0.2% Portugal
- 0.2% Cameroon
- 0.9% Other
Marie, Isabelle, Nathalie, Martine and Sophie are the first names you will come across the most in Sombreffe for men and Jean, Philippe, Michel, Pierre and Nicolas for women.
The average number of rooms in Sombreffe is about 6.4 is higher than the Belgian average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1928 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 6.3% apartment buildings and 93.7% houses.
The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 40.3% open type houses, farms, castles
- 32.4% semi-closed type houses
- 17.5% houses of the closed type
- 6.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.2% commercial houses
- 1.6% other types of buildings
The municipality of Sombreffe has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 42 corporations present in "mixed farming"
- 35 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 26 companies active in "landscape service activities"
- 25 corporations in the field "accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities/ tax consultancy"
- 24 companies in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 23 corporations present in "plumbing, heat and air conditioning installation"
Residents of Sombreffe benefit from an entrance to the A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) motorway: it is a 6 minute drive from the centre. The highway A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) also has an access that can be reached in 13 minutes.
In Sombreffe, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N29
- N93
- N98
- N273
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 OKay and 1 Delhaize.
If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune offers 5 nurseries ("Mini Creche" or "Jennifer Charlier" for example), 10 nursery schools ("Ecole Communale De Sombreffe" or "Ecole Communale De Sombreffe"), 10 primary schools ("Ecole Communale De Sombreffe" or "Ecole Communale De Sombreffe" for example) but no secondary school.
6 lines of bus passing through Sombreffe, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus NMBS/SNCB, Line BUS: Tournai -- Mouscron
- Bus TEC, Line 147a: Gembloux - Fleurus - Tamines
- Bus TEC, Line 247a: Gembloux - Corroy - Sombreffe
- Bus TEC, Line 347a: Gembloux - Saint-Martin - Tongrinne / Onoz
- Bus TEC, Line E5: Nivelles - Namur (Express)
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Ligny", "Tilly", "Mazy", "Fleurus", "Chapelle-Dieu".
There is no known charging station in the municipality.
The nearest airport is "Brussels South Charleroi Airport" and is 15 minutes away by car or 99 minutes by public transport.
The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Sombreffe has no shared cars at the moment.
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