With 3,959 inhabitants spread over 86.5 km², Froidchapelle has a population whose average age is about 42. Home ownership stands at 71%, and average net income is €15,606 per person per year. Residents are 50.2% men and 49.8% women. The recorded nationalities are 97.1% Belgian, 1.1% French, 0.8% Italian, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Dutch and 0.4% other. Households average 1.2 cars.
Apartments are a small part of the recorded housing stock: apartment buildings make up 8.4% of dwellings, compared with 91.6% houses. The average building dates from around 1943, and dwellings have 5.7 rooms on average. The building-type breakdown is 41.6% other types of buildings, 31.3% open-type houses, farms and castles, 14.4% semi-closed houses, 6.1% closed houses, 4.8% buildings and flat blocks, and 1.8% commercial houses. There are currently 0 flats for sale in Froidchapelle, so there is no listed apartment price range. The stated average price for a flat for sale is €0, with both the highest and lowest listed prices at €0.
Road connections include the N40, N53, N589a, N589 and N599. The A54/E420 motorway access, on the Nivelles–Charleroi route, is 37 minutes by car from the centre; access to the A15/E42, serving La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège, is 41 minutes away. TEC operates 8 bus lines in the commune. These include line 109a from Charleroi via Beaumont to Chimay, line 132c between Walcourt, Froidchapelle and Chimay, line 136c between Chimay and Cerfontaine, line 136d between Florennes, Philippeville and Rance, and Rbus between Walcourt and Froidchapelle. The nearest railway stations are Walcourt, Pry, Mariembourg, Philippeville and Yves-Gomezée. No metro or tram route is listed.
There are 6 nurseries, 4 nursery schools and 4 primary schools in Froidchapelle; examples include Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Aldegonde and Ecole Fondamentale Communale. The commune has no secondary school. Supermarkets include 1 Louis Delhaize and 1 SPAR. No charging station is known in the commune, and shared bicycles and shared cars are not listed. Brussels South Charleroi Airport can be reached in 40 minutes by car or 123 minutes by public transport. Local businesses include 57 in mixed farming, 18 in restaurants and mobile food service, 14 in hairdressing and other beauty treatment, 9 in building construction, 8 in roofing and 8 in beverage serving.
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