Farciennes has a population of 11,316 in an area of 10.4 km². Residents have an average age close to 38, and women make up 51.5% of the population. Home ownership is 57%; average net income is €11,727 per year, and households own about 1 car on average. The nationality breakdown is 83.7% Belgian, 7.2% Italian, 4% Turkish, 1.6% Moroccan, 0.7% Spanish, 0.6% French, 0.5% Romanian and 1.7% other. Houses account for 87.9% of the housing stock, and apartment buildings for 12.1%. The average home has 5.6 rooms, and the average year of construction is 1924.
The building types include 39.5% semi-closed houses, 35.7% closed houses, 10.1% open houses, farms and castles, 2.5% commercial houses, 11.7% buildings and flat blocks, and 0.5% other types. The current rental listings show 0 houses for rent, so there is no listed monthly rental price or price range. For road travel, the A15 / E42 entrance is a 6-minute drive from the centre, while access to the A54 / E420 takes 8 minutes. The N29, N568, N568D, N568B and N568E are among the main roads in the municipality.
Farciennes has 8 different TEC bus lines. Listed routes include line 154, serving Charl (B-Arts), Roselies, Farciennes and Châtelet; line 156, connecting Châtelet, Velaine, Tamines, Châtelet and Gilly; and line 158, between Châtelet, Farciennes, Roselies and Charl (B-Arts). Line 17 runs between Fleurus, Wanfercée-Baulet, Gilly and Châtelet, while line 35 links Charleroi Sud with Farciennes (L'Ysle Marais). The nearest stations to the centre are Farciennes, Le Campinaire, Aiseau, Châtelet and Tamines. The municipality has 9 nurseries, 9 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 2 secondary schools, including the named examples Ecole Fondamentale Libre, Ecole Communale Waloupi and Université Du Travail - Institut D'Enseignement Technique Secondaire.
Shopping options include 1 Lidl and 1 Carrefour. There are no shared bicycles or shared cars in Farciennes, and no charging station is known in the municipality. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 10 minutes away by car and 47 minutes by public transport. The local housing stock is predominantly houses, but the current listings contain no houses for rent.
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