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Municipality · NIS 52011 · closed 24/04/2026

Charleroi

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29 020provisional

-0,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (29 232)

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

141,04 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 205 763 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Hainaut_Charleroi_fr.pdf · 151 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
206 900

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
16,6 %34 445 out of 206 900
2010 : 14,5 % · 2026 : 16,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
201029 38414,5 %
201130 10414,8 %
201230 76815,1 %
201330 84315,1 %
201430 44015,0 %
201530 64815,1 %
201630 50515,1 %
201730 39015,1 %
201830 72915,2 %
201930 96415,3 %
202031 38615,5 %
202131 22015,5 %
202231 87315,7 %
202332 36715,9 %
202432 75216,0 %
202533 55216,3 %
202634 44516,6 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,3 %(2 622)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries7,2 %(14 864)
  • Non-EU278,2 %(16 959)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin47,0 %(97 178)
  • Belgians of foreign origin36,4 %(75 277)
  • Non-Belgians16,6 %(34 445)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years21,9 %(45 308)
  • 18-64 years59,9 %(123 862)
  • 65 and over18,2 %(37 730)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

102,9 km² · 1 999 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

24 182 €total net taxable income, 116 616 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: 93,667
  • Registered: 135,137 · turnout 78.0 %
  • Blank and void: 11,721 (11.1 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
PS40,92043.7 %26
MR-IC17,75319.0 %10
PTB16,44417.6 %9
LES ENGAGÉS11,99712.8 %6
ECOLO2,9573.2 %0
MCW1,5751.7 %0
Le Bien Commun1,3191.4 %0
CC7020.7 %0

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
29 020-0,7 %37 118
8 878+7,3 %19 614
2 990-9,2 %2 312
2 443-5,1 %212
2 333+16,4 %-
1 951-3,9 %3 158
1 687-8,6 %1 922
1 528+2,8 %589
1 344-11,6 %2 130
1 183-23,0 %577
859+6,2 %1 833
823+23,9 %461
732-6,4 %4
691-11,1 %951
451-13,1 %553
401+4,7 %115
363+11,7 %698
202-22,0 %445
146-17,0 %340
139+44,8 %35
129+4,0 %3
105-2,8 %305
94+10,6 %50
79-7,1 %128
60-6,3 %43
26-21,2 %61
23-34,3 %4
18-40,0 %6
15+50,0 %9
10+25,0 %3
7-22,2 %433
7-46,2 %87
7-41,7 %-
6-40,0 %-
6+20,0 %6
5-37,5 %8
4-77,8 %24
4-20,0 %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.

Documented perimeters

12 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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