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Municipality · NIS 53014 · closed 24/04/2026

Boussu

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1 805provisional

+11,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 624)

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

88,48 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 20 401 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Hainaut_Boussu_fr.pdf · 127 pages

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Local executive

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
20 516

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
12,4 %2 542 out of 20 516
2010 : 12,6 % · 2026 : 12,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20102 53212,6 %
20112 53612,6 %
20122 48712,5 %
20132 41512,2 %
20142 40312,2 %
20152 44912,3 %
20162 43512,3 %
20172 43412,3 %
20182 45912,4 %
20192 41212,2 %
20202 40312,1 %
20212 40412,1 %
20222 47912,4 %
20232 49112,4 %
20242 50412,3 %
20252 53412,4 %
20262 54212,4 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,8 %(364)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries7,2 %(1 481)
  • Non-EU273,4 %(697)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin51,6 %(10 576)
  • Belgians of foreign origin36,1 %(7 398)
  • Non-Belgians12,4 %(2 542)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years20,4 %(4 181)
  • 18-64 years59,2 %(12 145)
  • 65 and over20,4 %(4 190)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

20,1 km² · 1 016 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

24 520 €total net taxable income, 12 010 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: 10,231
  • Registered: 14,290 · turnout 81.0 %
  • Blank and void: 1,349 (11.6 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
PS5,41252.9 %15
AlternatiV2,55224.9 %6
LES ENGAGÉS2,26722.2 %6

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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
1 805+11,1 %2 996
322+12,6 %1 945
254+10,0 %188
167-8,2 %340
161+17,5 %26
124+24,0 %89
122+41,9 %41
113+6,6 %-
98+6,5 %95
97+1,0 %-
95-3,1 %5
95+26,7 %17
70+52,2 %20
39+178,6 %14
260,0 %65
24-4,0 %31
22-12,0 %23
21-32,3 %1
10+100,0 %-
9-50,0 %-
8-27,3 %11
7+600,0 %11
6+20,0 %-
3+200,0 %-
2-81,8 %6
2-60,0 %-
2+100,0 %3
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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.