Durbuy is a fairly large commune covering 157.1 km² and home to 11,395 inhabitants. The population here tends to be middle-aged with an average age close to 43 years, and most people own their homes, with ownership rates around 68%. There’s a slight majority of women over men, and average net incomes sit near 16,440€ per year. The community primarily consists of Belgians at 95.5%, with small numbers of residents from the Netherlands, France, Italy, Romania, Poland, Germany, and other countries.
Housing in Durbuy predominantly consists of houses, which make up 87.2% of the building stock. These range widely from open-type houses including farms and castles (45.7%) to semi-closed and closed types. The average house has about 5.8 rooms, slightly below the national average of 6, and the buildings here were mostly constructed around 1948. At present, there are 93 houses for sale in the area. Prices for houses vary greatly from as low as 43,000€ to as high as 2,950,000€, with an average price roughly around 437,125€.
Getting around Durbuy is facilitated by several main roads including the N86, N623, N638, N806, and N813. The A26/E25 motorway can be accessed about 22 minutes by car from the town center, while the A15/E42 motorway is reachable within 36 minutes. Public transport includes bus services such as TEC lines 10/2, 10/4, 11/3, 11a, and 99 connecting Durbuy with neighboring towns and villages. Nearby train stations are located in Barvaux, Bomal, Sy, Melreux-Hotton, and Hamoir.
For daily necessities, residents have several supermarkets like SPAR (2 locations), Trafic, Aldi, Carrefour, and Delhaize within reach. Families benefit from a good selection of childcare options including 13 nurseries and multiple nursery and primary schools. Secondary education is also available through institutions like Institut Du Sacre-Coeur. While Durbuy currently doesn’t offer shared bicycles or cars, it does have two electric vehicle recharging stations for those using or considering electric cars. The Liège Airport is accessible within about 38 minutes by car or over two hours by public transport.
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