Municipality · NIS 56016 · closed 24/04/2026
Chimay
757provisional
-3,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (785)
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
78,26 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 9 673 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_Chimay_fr.pdf · 113 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Tanguy DARDENNE
List: Bouge ! · Party / affiliation: MR
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Bouge !
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
- 9 606
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,5 %434 out of 9 606
2010 : 3,9 % · 2026 : 4,5 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 387 3,9 % 2011 381 3,9 % 2012 387 3,9 % 2013 388 3,9 % 2014 401 4,1 % 2015 416 4,2 % 2016 427 4,3 % 2017 431 4,4 % 2018 421 4,3 % 2019 422 4,3 % 2020 426 4,4 % 2021 432 4,5 % 2022 433 4,4 % 2023 455 4,7 % 2024 427 4,4 % 2025 450 4,7 % 2026 434 4,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*2,5 %(244)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries0,6 %(58)
- Non-EU271,4 %(132)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin79,0 %(7 588)
- Belgians of foreign origin16,5 %(1 584)
- Non-Belgians4,5 %(434)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,6 %(1 790)
- 18-64 years56,7 %(5 444)
- 65 and over24,7 %(2 372)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
198,6 km² · 49 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
25 815 €total net taxable income, 5 864 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: 6,244
- Registered: 7,559 · turnout 88.3 %
- Blank and void: 430 (6.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouge ! | 3,546 | 56.8 % | 13 |
| CLE | 1,688 | 27.0 % | 6 |
| A.C. | 918 | 14.7 % | 2 |
| CC | 92 | 1.5 % | 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).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 757 | -3,6 % | 746 | |
| 136 | -9,9 % | 277 | |
| 123 | +7,9 % | 59 | |
| 92 | +9,5 % | 18 | |
| 88 | -3,3 % | 124 | |
| 77 | -36,4 % | - | |
| 60 | -25,0 % | - | |
| 53 | +15,2 % | 34 | |
| 43 | +26,5 % | 58 | |
| 29 | 0,0 % | 7 | |
| 21 | +16,7 % | 19 | |
| 20 | +33,3 % | 3 | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 11 | |
| 13 | +44,4 % | 18 | |
| 13 | +44,4 % | 8 | |
| 13 | -70,5 % | 41 | |
| 12 | -20,0 % | 12 | |
| 10 | -33,3 % | 19 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | - | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | 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.