Municipality · NIS 51009 · closed 24/04/2026
Bernissart
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719provisional
-3,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (744)
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
60,45 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 11 894 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_Bernissart_fr.pdf · 117 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Roger VANDERSTRAETEN
List: LdB · Party / affiliation: PS
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): LdB / MR 6tem-ic
In office on 14/01/2026 · 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
- 11 844
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,2 %1 090 out of 11 844
2010 : 11,1 % · 2026 : 9,2 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 300 11,1 % 2011 1 277 10,9 % 2012 1 280 11,0 % 2013 1 258 10,7 % 2014 1 222 10,4 % 2015 1 248 10,5 % 2016 1 207 10,1 % 2017 1 208 10,1 % 2018 1 201 10,1 % 2019 1 168 9,8 % 2020 1 151 9,7 % 2021 1 113 9,4 % 2022 1 117 9,4 % 2023 1 155 9,7 % 2024 1 133 9,5 % 2025 1 089 9,2 % 2026 1 090 9,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*3,7 %(442)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries4,4 %(521)
- Non-EU271,1 %(127)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin58,5 %(6 933)
- Belgians of foreign origin32,3 %(3 821)
- Non-Belgians9,2 %(1 090)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,0 %(2 256)
- 18-64 years60,8 %(7 202)
- 65 and over20,1 %(2 386)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
43,8 km² · 271 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
27 958 €total net taxable income, 7 127 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: 6,894
- Registered: 8,915 · turnout 86.1 %
- Blank and void: 778 (10.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| LdB | 2,429 | 35.2 % | 8 |
| 100% Citoyens | 1,898 | 27.5 % | 6 |
| MR 6tem-ic | 1,766 | 25.6 % | 5 |
| ECOLO | 801 | 11.6 % | 2 |
Source: SPW Intérieur (Walloon administration), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 719 | -3,4 % | 1 237 | |
| 175 | +36,7 % | 436 | |
| 97 | -3,0 % | 96 | |
| 59 | -16,9 % | 137 | |
| 56 | -23,3 % | - | |
| 56 | -6,7 % | 40 | |
| 54 | +17,4 % | 5 | |
| 46 | -13,2 % | 67 | |
| 40 | -37,5 % | 1 | |
| 40 | -14,9 % | 10 | |
| 37 | +15,6 % | - | |
| 14 | -62,2 % | 23 | |
| 11 | 0,0 % | 139 | |
| 9 | +80,0 % | 14 | |
| 9 | -30,8 % | - | |
| 8 | -68,0 % | 24 | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 1 | |
| 7 | -22,2 % | 4 | |
| 7 | +133,3 % | 11 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 6 | -25,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | - | 5 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 29 | |
| 1 | - | 186 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
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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.