Walcourt 5650

Addresses in Walcourt (Philippeville), a municipality of 123.6 km² in which 18,430 people reside with slightly more women (50.8%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 41 years, they are majority ownership (79%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,486 € net per year. Households have on average 1.3 cars or as much as the average in the country.

Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 96.1% Belgium
- 2% Italy
- 0.8% France
- 0.2% Spain
- 0.1% Romania
- 0.1% Poland
- 0% Chinea
- 0.5% Other

Marie, Nathalie, Christine, Isabelle and Françoise are the first names you will come across the most in Walcourt for men and Michel, Jean, Philippe, Alain and Pierre for women.

The average number of rooms in Walcourt is about 6.2 either above the country's average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1935 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 4.8% apartment buildings and 95.2% houses.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 54% open type houses, farms, castles
- 21.4% semi-closed type houses
- 15.1% houses of the closed type
- 4.6% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.6% other types of buildings
- 1.4% commercial houses

Companies in Walcourt are located in the following sectors:
- 76 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 72 companies active in "mixed farming"
- 45 corporations in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 42 companies present in "electrical installation"
- 37 firms active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 36 corporations active in "accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities/ tax consultancy"

Residents of Walcourt benefit from an entrance to the A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway: it is a 20 minute drive from the centre. The highway A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) also has an access that can be reached in 23 minutes.

In Walcourt, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N5
- N932
- N978

The following shops are located in the town: 2 SPAR, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.

If you have children or are planning to have children, you should know that the commune has 8 nurseries (for example: the nursery "F. B." or also "E. M."), 16 nursery schools ("Ecole Communale Des Fontaines" or "Ecole Communale Des Fontaines"), 16 primary schools (e.g. school "Ecole Communale Des Eoliennes" or "Ecole Fondamentale Libre - Institut Notre-Dame") and 2 secondary schools ("Collège Saint-Augustin" or "Institut Technique De La Communaute Francaise David Lachman").

The bus is at your disposal in Walcourt with 17 lines such as:
- Bus TEC, Line 111a: Thuillies - Laneffe / Walcourt
- Bus TEC, Line 132a: Walcourt - Cerfontaine - Philippeville
- Bus TEC, Line 136a: Florennes - Yves-Gomezée - Walcourt
- Bus TEC, Line 451: Charleroi - Philippeville - Couvin
- Bus TEC, Line 52: Charleroi Sud - Nalinnes - Gourdinne

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Walcourt", "Pry", "Berzée", "Yves-Gomezée", "Cour-Sur-Heure".

Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 1 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Walcourt!

The nearest airport is "Brussels South Charleroi Airport" and is 24 minutes away by car or 126 minutes by public transport.

It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Walcourt has no shared cars on its territory.