Municipality · NIS 58001 · closed 24/04/2026
La Louvière
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5 652provisional
-20,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (7 142)
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
69,2 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 81 674 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_La_Louviere_fr.pdf · 135 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jacques GOBERT
List: PS · Party / affiliation: PS
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): MR / PS
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
- 81 751
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 16,7 %13 681 out of 81 751
2019 : 17,3 % · 2026 : 16,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2019 13 982 17,3 % 2020 14 025 17,3 % 2021 13 946 17,2 % 2022 13 860 17,1 % 2023 13 956 17,1 % 2024 13 746 16,9 % 2025 13 823 16,9 % 2026 13 681 16,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2019-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,1 %(920)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries11,5 %(9 417)
- Non-EU274,1 %(3 344)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin43,7 %(35 687)
- Belgians of foreign origin39,6 %(32 383)
- Non-Belgians16,7 %(13 681)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,4 %(16 640)
- 18-64 years59,5 %(48 612)
- 65 and over20,2 %(16 499)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
64,6 km² · 1 265 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
25 645 €total net taxable income, 46 906 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: 41,753
- Registered: 55,962 · turnout 83.3 %
- Blank and void: 4,853 (10.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 15,938 | 38.2 % | 18 |
| LES ENGAGÉS &ALTERNATIVES | 8,440 | 20.2 % | 9 |
| MR | 8,233 | 19.7 % | 8 |
| PTB | 8,081 | 19.4 % | 8 |
| LUTTE OUVRIERE | 720 | 1.7 % | 0 |
| CC | 341 | 0.8 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 652 | -20,9 % | 8 739 | |
| 4 119 | +20,8 % | 1 | |
| 1 246 | -13,1 % | 4 394 | |
| 642 | -23,5 % | 655 | |
| 511 | -26,9 % | 1 039 | |
| 386 | -34,9 % | 522 | |
| 362 | -12,8 % | 120 | |
| 359 | +2,9 % | 14 | |
| 306 | -29,7 % | 58 | |
| 280 | -33,0 % | 84 | |
| 270 | +17,4 % | 591 | |
| 264 | -37,1 % | - | |
| 242 | -30,5 % | 300 | |
| 138 | -37,0 % | 78 | |
| 126 | -2,3 % | 168 | |
| 107 | -32,3 % | 101 | |
| 102 | +2,0 % | 14 | |
| 70 | -5,4 % | 92 | |
| 45 | +40,6 % | 15 | |
| 40 | -52,4 % | 74 | |
| 39 | -13,3 % | 1 | |
| 19 | -20,8 % | 14 | |
| 19 | -24,0 % | 2 | |
| 14 | +75,0 % | 15 | |
| 14 | -44,0 % | 193 | |
| 13 | +160,0 % | 8 | |
| 6 | -14,3 % | - | |
| 6 | +500,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | 6 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 36 | |
| 4 | +300,0 % | 1 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | - | |
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| - | - | 140 | |
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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
8 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- PDU grandes villes4
- ZIP (Wallonie)4