Chimay has 9,805 inhabitants living across 198.6 km². The average age is 42, and 63% of residents own their homes. Average annual net income per capita is €15,271. The population is 50.7% women, with nationalities recorded as 95.8% Belgian, 2.6% French, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Chinese and 0.8% other. The housing stock is mainly houses: they account for 94% of dwellings, compared with 6% in apartment buildings. Homes average 5.9 rooms, and buildings date on average to around 1925.
Building types in the municipality are 44.5% detached houses, farms and castles, 22.2% semi-detached houses, 13.3% terraced houses, 11.9% other types, 5.1% buildings and apartment blocks, and 3% commercial houses. The current listing count for houses to rent is 0. The listed monthly average, highest and lowest house rents are each €0. Road routes through Chimay include the N53, N53A, R55, N99 and N589. From the centre, access to the A54/E420 towards Nivelles and Charleroi takes 44 minutes; the A15/E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is 48 minutes away.
TEC buses serve the area on 11 lines. Named routes include 109a between Charleroi, Beaumont and Chimay, 156a to Momignies, 156c to Mariembourg and Pesche, 59/1 via Couvin and Cul-des-Sarts, and 60/1 via Gonrieux and Couvin. The nearest stations to the town centre are Couvin, Mariembourg, Philippeville, Yves-Gomezée and Walcourt. Chimay has 20 nurseries, 17 nursery schools, 17 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. Examples include Ecole Fondamentale Communale Groupe Scolaire Charlemagne, Groupe Scolaire Communal Arthur Masson and Athenee Royal De Chimay.
For everyday shopping, the listed options are 1 Match/Smatch, 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Delhaize. There are no shared bicycles or shared cars in the municipality, and no charging station is listed. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 47 minutes away by car and 123 minutes by public transport. Chimay’s housing stock includes a range of house types, while the current rental listing count for houses is 0 and the listed monthly house-rent figures are €0.
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