Apartment buildings and flat blocks form 8.6% of Hechtel-Eksel’s building types, while 90.7% of dwellings are houses and 9.3% are apartment buildings. Across the municipality, homes average 6.7 rooms and date from around 1973. Other recorded building types are 68.1% open-type houses, farms and castles, 12.1% semi-detached houses, 3.1% closed-type houses, 2.6% commercial houses and 5.5% other types. Hechtel-Eksel has 12,419 residents over 76.7 km², with an average age of about 42. Home ownership stands at 82%, and average net income per person is €18,096 a year. The population is 50.8% men; nationalities are 90.3% Belgian, 6.4% Dutch, 0.7% Polish, 0.4% Romanian, 0.2% Serbian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% German and 1.7% other.
There are 2 apartments for sale. The listed prices run from €346,230 to €349,954, with a current average of €348,092. The N73, N715, N746 and N747 are the main roads passing through Hechtel-Eksel. From the town centre, an entrance to the A2/E314 is 16 minutes away by car; the motorway route runs through Leuven, Diest, Genk and Maasmechelen. An entrance to the A13/E313, linking Antwerpen, Hasselt and Liège, is 22 minutes away by car.
Eight bus lines have stops in Hechtel-Eksel. De Lijn line 14 runs between Hemiksem, Hoboken and Opera; line 180 links Lommel with Hasselt; line 18a serves Hasselt, Houthalen, Neerpelt and Achel; line 302 connects Maaseik, Leopoldsburg and Geel; and line 58 runs between Beringen and Lommel. The nearest stations to the centre are Leopoldsburg/Bourg-Léopold, Beverlo, Zolder, Heusden and Beringen. There are 3 nurseries, 5 nursery schools, 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school in the municipality. Named examples include Miel En Muis and Tutjes En Dutjes for childcare, Go! Basisschool Ter Duinen and Vrije Basisschool - Viejool among the nursery schools, Vrije Basisschool - Viejool and Vrije Lagere School - De Zandkorrel among the primary schools, and Don Bosco-College at secondary level.
The local supermarket options are 2 Colruyt stores, 2 Delhaize stores and 1 Aldi. There is no known charging station in the municipality, and shared bicycles and shared cars are not offered. Liège Airport can be reached in 54 minutes by car or 263 minutes by public transport. These figures set the local context for the 2 apartment listings currently for sale.
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