Fleurus is a municipality of 59.5 km² with 22,918 inhabitants and an average age of about 41. Homeownership stands at 67%, and average net income is €16,122 per person per year. The population is 88.2% Belgian, 7.2% Italian, 1.1% French, 0.6% Spanish, 0.5% Romanian, 0.5% Moroccan, 0.2% Turkish and 1.8% other. Dwellings average 5.9 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1925. Apartment buildings account for 12.3% of the housing stock, compared with 87.7% for houses. The overall building breakdown is 31.1% semi-closed houses, 30.7% closed houses, 22.9% open houses, farms or castles, 11.8% buildings and flat blocks, 2.8% commercial houses and 0.7% other types.
There are 5 flats for rent, with rents from €620 to €900 per month and an average of €739 per month. Roads through Fleurus include the N29, N93, N98, N567 and N568. The A15/E42 access, serving the La Louvière–Charleroi–Namur–Liège route, is a 0-minute drive from the centre. The A54/E420 towards Nivelles and Charleroi is 4 minutes away by car. TEC buses include line 147a between Gembloux, Fleurus and Tamines; line 17 between Fleurus, Wanfercée-Baulet, Gilly and Châtelet; line 568 between Nivelles, Marbais and Fleurus; line 67 between Jumet (Madeleine) and Fleurus (Champs Elysées); and line 710 between Fleurus and Charleroi. The stations listed are Fleurus, Ligny, Farciennes, Le Campinaire and Aiseau.
The municipality has 29 nurseries, 20 nursery schools, 20 primary schools and 6 secondary schools. Examples include Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Jourdan - Fleurus, Ecole Fondamentale Communale Groupe II, Ecole Communale Fondamentale Groupe III and Athenee Royal Jourdan. Food shops include 2 Match/Smatch, 2 Aldi, 2 Carrefour, 2 Delhaize, 1 OKay and 1 LIDL, alongside 1 Trafic. Fleurus has no shared bicycles or shared cars, and no known charging station. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 6 minutes away by car or 51 minutes by public transport. The available rental flats sit within a housing stock where buildings and flat blocks make up 11.8% of building types.
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