Apartment buildings represent 4.2% of Gouvy’s dwellings, while houses account for 95.8%. Across the municipality, homes average 6.6 rooms and buildings have an average construction year of 1936. The building stock includes 69.6% detached houses, farms or castles, 18.3% semi-detached houses, 4% buildings and blocks of flats, 3.2% other types, 3.1% terraced houses and 1.8% commercial houses. Gouvy has 5,286 inhabitants over 165.4 km², with an average age of about 39. Men make up 50.4% of residents, and 77% of households own their homes. Average net income per person is €15,771 a year; households own about 1.3 cars. Nationalities are 95.1% Belgian, 1.3% French, 0.9% Dutch, 0.7% Luxembourgish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% German and 1.5% other.
There are 3 flats for sale, priced from €140,000 to €170,000. The average asking price is €150,000. The municipality’s main roads are the N68, N638, N812, N823 and N827. Drivers can reach the A26/E25 from the centre in 14 minutes; the A27/E42 is also a 14-minute drive away. Gouvy has 14 bus lines. Among them are TEC 142, linking Esneux, Trois-Ponts and Gouvy; 163c, between Bastogne, Houffalize and Gouvy; 163d, between Gouvy, Tavigny and Bastogne; 18/3, between Houffalize and Vielsalm; and 89, between Namur and Naninne.
Rail stations near the town centre are Gouvy, Gouvy-Frontiere, Troisvierges, Vielsalm and Clervaux. Education and childcare provision includes 9 nurseries, 6 nursery schools and 6 primary schools. Ecole Fondamentale Communale De Gouvy is among the primary and nursery schools; Gouvy has no secondary school. The town’s shops include 1 Trafic and 1 SPAR. Local firms include 84 mixed-farming businesses, 18 hairdressing and beauty-treatment businesses, 17 landscape-service firms, 15 logging companies, 11 joinery-installation companies and 9 firms in other specialised construction activities.
Gouvy has no shared-bike scheme or shared-car service, and there is no known electric-vehicle charging station in the municipality. Liège Airport can be reached in 60 minutes by car or 160 minutes by public transport. The current apartment market consists of 3 flats for sale, with asking prices between €140,000 and €170,000.
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