Poperinge covers 120.4 km² and has 19,702 inhabitants. The average age is 43, and 76% of residents own their home. Average net income per person is €17,121 a year. The population is 97.1% Belgian, 0.9% French, 0.4% Romanian, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Somali, 0.1% Iraqi and 0.8% other nationalities. Women make up 50.4% of the population. There are currently 10 houses for sale, with an average asking price of €345,214. Prices range from €225,000 to €394,137.82.
Houses make up 90.9% of the dwellings in Poperinge, while apartment buildings account for 9.1%. The average home has about 6.6 rooms, and buildings date on average to around 1944. The housing stock includes 36% detached houses, farms and castles, 30.1% terraced houses, 18.7% semi-detached houses, 8.4% buildings and apartment blocks, 4.5% commercial houses and 2.3% other building types. The A19 towards Kortrijk and Ieper is about a 12-minute drive from the centre; the A18/E40 towards Brugge, Veurne and Dunkirk is 27 minutes away. The R33, N38, N304 and N308 also serve the area.
For public transport, Poperinge has 7 bus lines. The listed De Lijn services are lines 29, 51, 57, 60 and 61, connecting with places including Tienen, Hasselt, Gent, Kortrijk and Maaseik. The nearest stations to the town centre are Poperinge, Ieper/Ypres, Komen/Comines, Diksmuide/Dixmude and Wervik. There are 9 nurseries, 13 nursery schools, 12 primary schools and 21 secondary schools in the municipality. Named examples include Hopliedou and De Coole Kikker nurseries, Vrije Basisschool De Waaier, Vrije Basisschool De Zonnewijzer and Sint-Janscollege.
Daily shopping options include 2 Delhaize stores, 1 SPAR and 1 Colruyt. Poperinge has 4 electric-car charging stations and 1 Blue-bike rental station; there are no shared cars. Wevelgem Airport is a 26-minute drive away or 66 minutes by public transport. These local services and connections sit alongside a housing stock in which detached, terraced and semi-detached homes are the main recorded house types.
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