Durbuy’s 157.1 km² commune has 11,395 inhabitants. Residents have an average age close to 43, and women account for 50.5% of the population. Home ownership is 68%, average net income is €16,440 a year and households have an average of 1.2 cars. The population is 95.5% Belgian, 1.3% Dutch, 0.9% French, 0.4% Italian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% German and 1.4% other. Dwellings average 5.8 rooms, and buildings have an average construction year of 1948. Houses represent 87.2% of the housing stock, while apartment buildings represent 12.8%.
The wider building mix is 45.7% open houses, farms and castles, 22.1% other building types, 15.5% semi-detached houses, 9.7% apartment buildings and blocks, 4.5% terraced houses and 2.5% commercial houses. There is 1 flat for rent, listed at €950 per month; the average monthly rent is also €950. Durbuy’s main roads are the N86, N623, N638, N806 and N813. From the town centre, the A26/E25 entrance towards Liège, Bastogne and Neufchâteau takes 22 minutes by car to reach. The A15/E42 entrance towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is 36 minutes away by car.
TEC routes include 10/2, linking Aywaille, Hamoir, Durbuy, Barvaux and Bomal; 10/4 between Bomal and Tohogne; 11/3 between Melreux, Heyd, Bomal and Petithan; 11a, the Proxibus de Durbuy; and 99 between Ocquier, Durbuy, Barvaux and Bomal. Barvaux, Bomal, Sy, Melreux-Hotton and Hamoir are the nearest stations to the town centre. There are 13 nurseries, 9 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 3 secondary schools in the commune. Named examples include Les Tamarins, Ecole Fondamentale Annexée À L'A.r De Marche - Barvaux-Sur-Ourthe and Institut Du Sacre-Coeur. For shopping, the local options include 2 SPAR stores, 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize.
The commune has 2 electric-vehicle charging stations, and currently has no shared bicycle or shared-car service. Liège Airport is 38 minutes away by car and 142 minutes by public transport. Durbuy’s businesses include 91 mixed-farming companies, 56 restaurants and mobile food-service businesses, 48 hairdressing and beauty-treatment firms, 37 holiday and short-stay accommodation businesses, 36 joinery installation firms and 34 landscape-service businesses.
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