Municipality · NIS 56022 · closed 24/04/2026
Erquelinnes
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674provisional
-4,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (702)
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
67,51 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 9 983 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_Erquelinnes_fr.pdf · 115 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jonathan DELESPINETTE
List: IC · Party / affiliation: Les Engagé·e·s
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): 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
- 9 941
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,2 %719 out of 9 941
2010 : 7,7 % · 2026 : 7,2 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 746 7,7 % 2011 744 7,6 % 2012 738 7,6 % 2013 757 7,7 % 2014 756 7,7 % 2015 738 7,5 % 2016 740 7,5 % 2017 715 7,2 % 2018 712 7,2 % 2019 712 7,1 % 2020 714 7,2 % 2021 713 7,1 % 2022 704 7,0 % 2023 720 7,2 % 2024 735 7,3 % 2025 722 7,2 % 2026 719 7,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*4,4 %(440)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,1 %(108)
- Non-EU271,7 %(171)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin68,6 %(6 815)
- Belgians of foreign origin24,2 %(2 407)
- Non-Belgians7,2 %(719)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,7 %(1 959)
- 18-64 years60,1 %(5 974)
- 65 and over20,2 %(2 008)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
44,5 km² · 224 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
26 329 €total net taxable income, 5 962 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: 5,736
- Registered: 7,523 · turnout 84.7 %
- Blank and void: 639 (10.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC | 3,860 | 67.3 % | 15 |
| UC | 1,707 | 29.8 % | 6 |
| CC | 169 | 2.9 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 674 | -4,0 % | 917 | |
| 126 | -7,4 % | 453 | |
| 107 | -9,3 % | 89 | |
| 77 | -33,6 % | 103 | |
| 59 | 0,0 % | 50 | |
| 53 | +20,5 % | 18 | |
| 51 | +10,9 % | 51 | |
| 48 | +20,0 % | - | |
| 29 | +20,8 % | 2 | |
| 18 | 0,0 % | 26 | |
| 18 | -10,0 % | 7 | |
| 18 | +12,5 % | 3 | |
| 16 | +166,7 % | 16 | |
| 15 | +15,4 % | 9 | |
| 12 | +9,1 % | - | |
| 8 | +14,3 % | 3 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | 42 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 5 | -61,5 % | 6 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 4 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 1 | -80,0 % | 5 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 2 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 4 | |
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| - | - | 16 | |
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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.