Oreye / Oerle is a municipality of 3,895 residents spread over 19.5 km². Its average age is 40, and 51.7% of the population is female. The home-ownership rate is 78%; average net income per person is €19,466 per year. Nationalities are 96.3% Belgian, 1.1% Italian, 0.4% French, 0.4% Romanian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Albanian and 1.3% other. Common men’s first names include Jean, Philippe, Michel, Alain and Joseph, while Marie, Nathalie, Sophie, Valérie and Maria are common women’s names.
The local housing stock is predominantly houses: they account for 89.3% of dwellings, while apartment buildings account for 10.7%. Building types comprise 43.3% open-type houses, farms and castles, 32% semi-detached houses, 11.6% closed-type houses, 10.4% buildings and flat blocks, 1.7% commercial houses and 0.9% other types. Homes average 6.4 rooms, and the average construction year is 1942. There are currently 0 houses for rent. The supplied monthly figures are €0 for the average, lowest and highest house rent.
The N3 and N69 provide local road access. The A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 motorway is 6 minutes by car from the centre, connecting the Brussels, Leuven, Liège and Eupen route; the A15 / E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is 14 minutes away. Bus options include De Lijn line 26, Sint-Truiden–Engelmanshoven–Heers–Oreye, and TEC lines 147, 175, 247 and 75. There are 8 bus lines in total. Nearby stations are Remicourt, Momalle, Bleret, Fexhe-Le-Haut-Clocher and Borgworm / Waremme; no metro or tram service is listed.
For younger children, the municipality has 3 nurseries, 4 nursery schools and 4 primary schools, with no secondary school listed. Les P'Tites Oreye and Amélie Neuville are named nursery examples. Nursery-school examples include Ecole Libre Immaculée Conception and Ecole Fondamentale Communale; primary-school examples include Ecole Libre Immaculée Conception and Ecole Fondamentale Libre Notre-Dame. The town has 1 Carrefour. No shared bicycles, shared cars or EV charging stations are known in the municipality. Liège Airport is a 14-minute drive away, or 73 minutes by public transport.
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