Municipality · NIS 13023 · closed 24/04/2026
Merksplas
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482provisional
+0,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (481)
2025: first publication (closed 24/04/2026), provisional figures. Late reports are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards. The 2025/2024 change may therefore overstate the fall. Learn more
54,03 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 8 921 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Merksplas_fr.pdf · 113 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Frank Wilrycx
List: Leefbaar Merksplas · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Leefbaar Merksplas
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Next elections: municipal and provincial elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line.
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 8 974
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 12,8 %1 151 out of 8 974
2010 : 6,5 % · 2026 : 12,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 549 6,5 % 2011 607 7,1 % 2012 629 7,3 % 2013 715 8,2 % 2014 701 8,1 % 2015 742 8,5 % 2016 770 8,9 % 2017 806 9,3 % 2018 842 9,8 % 2019 829 9,6 % 2020 845 9,8 % 2021 884 10,3 % 2022 942 10,8 % 2023 1 054 12,0 % 2024 1 102 12,4 % 2025 1 134 12,7 % 2026 1 151 12,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*5,1 %(454)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries5,8 %(520)
- Non-EU272,0 %(177)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin78,7 %(7 063)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,5 %(760)
- Non-Belgians12,8 %(1 151)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,8 %(1 597)
- 18-64 years59,1 %(5 307)
- 65 and over23,1 %(2 070)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
44,6 km² · 200 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 047 €total net taxable income, 5 231 returns
Statbel, income 2023
Definitions
- « Foreign national » = person with a non-Belgian nationality in the national register, on 1 January. Naturalised Belgians or Belgians of foreign origin are counted as Belgians.
- Origin (Statbel): based on current nationality, the person's first registered nationality and that of their parents. Official categories: Belgian of Belgian origin, Belgian of foreign origin, non-Belgian.
- Group of nationality of origin: Statbel grouping into neighbouring countries, EU27 excluding neighbouring countries, and non-EU27; this is not a strict EU / non-EU split (the United Kingdom is classed as a neighbouring country).
- Merged or renumbered municipalities: no reconstructed series before the date of the new code (same rule as for the reference population).
- These figures are not cross-referenced with any crime statistics.
Elections
- Valid votes: 4,246
- Registered: 6,393 · turnout 67.5 %
- Blank and void: 67 (1.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leefbaar Merksplas | 3,487 | 82.1 % | 17 |
| visie 2330 | 759 | 17.9 % | 2 |
Source: Vlaanderen kiest (Flemish Home Affairs agency), official results (local elections of 13/10/2024). Local lists, under the filed name, not linked to any party. National view
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 482 | +0,2 % | 444 | |
| 84 | +7,7 % | 138 | |
| 62 | +87,9 % | 16 | |
| 49 | +28,9 % | - | |
| 49 | -38,0 % | 46 | |
| 46 | 0,0 % | 17 | |
| 45 | -35,7 % | 43 | |
| 43 | -8,5 % | 80 | |
| 33 | +22,2 % | - | |
| 24 | +242,9 % | 2 | |
| 23 | +76,9 % | 13 | |
| 18 | 0,0 % | 41 | |
| 12 | -64,7 % | 17 | |
| 9 | +12,5 % | 3 | |
| 9 | +200,0 % | 6 | |
| 6 | +100,0 % | 2 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 8 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
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| 1 | - | 3 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
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Change 2025/2024: change in 2025 compared with 2024 (e.g. −10 % = 2025 is 10 % lower than 2024, not the reverse).
2025 provisional: first publication. Reports registered late are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards, so the 2025/2024 fall may be overstated.
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin, Q4 2025 (closed 24/04/2026). Click a category to show the full available annual series.