Addresses in Welkenraedt (Verviers), as which has 10,002 inhabitants in an area 24.8 km² with slightly more women (51%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 41 years, the inhabitants are mainly owners (63%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,024€ net per year. There is an average of 1.2 cars per household and is therefore below the national average (1.3).
The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 92.5% Belgium
- 3.2% Germany
- 0.7% France
- 0.5% Spain
- 0.4% Netherlands
- 0.4% Italy
- 0.3% Congo
- 2% Other
Jean, Michel, Alain, Joseph and Philippe are the most common first names for men in Welkenraedt and Marie, Monique, Maria, Nathalie and Julie for women.
In general, the accommodation you will find in Welkenraedt has 5.9 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1944 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 81.8% houses and 18.2% apartment buildings.
The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 32.4% open type houses, farms, castles
- 23.8% houses of the closed type
- 22.5% semi-closed type houses
- 17.5% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.6% commercial houses
- 1.3% other types of buildings
Companies in Welkenraedt are located in the following sectors:
- 39 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 34 corporations in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 25 corporations present in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 24 firms active in "accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities/ tax consultancy"
- 21 companies present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 20 companies present in "freight transport by road"
Residents of Welkenraedt benefit from an entrance to the A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 (Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Eupen - (Aachen, Germany)) motorway: it is a 5 minute drive from the centre. The highway A27 / E42 (Battice - Verviers - Malmedy - Sankt-Vith - (Bitburg, Germany)) also has an access that can be reached in 12 minutes.
In Welkenraedt, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N3
- N67
- N612
The following shop is located in the town: 1 Delhaize.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 2 nurseries (such as the nursery "C. D." or "S. M."), 4 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Welkenraedt" or "Ecole Fondamentale Communale"), 4 primary schools (e.g. school "Ecole Fondamentale Communale" or "Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Welkenraedt") and 2 secondary schools ("Institut Saint-Joseph" or "Athenee Royal De Welkenraedt").
The bus is at your disposal in Welkenraedt with 12 lines such as:
- Bus TEC, Line 622: Eupen - Welkenraedt
- Bus TEC, Line 710: Eupen - Welkenraedt - Kelmis
- Bus TEC, Line 715: Welkenraedt / Montzen - Birken - Kelmis
- Bus TEC, Line 717: Welkenraedt / Kelmis - Henri-Chapelle -Verviers
- Bus TEC, Line 723: Eupen - Welkenraedt
Here is the choice in the available stations: "Welkenraedt", "Eupen", "Dolhain-Gileppe", "Hergenrath", "Hergenrath-Frontiere".
There is no known charging station in the municipality.
In 112 minutes by public transport or 31 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Liège Airport".
The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Welkenraedt does not seem to offer shared cars.
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