Municipality · NIS 51069 · closed 24/04/2026
Lessines
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1 257provisional
+1,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 233)
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
66,67 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 18 853 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_Lessines_fr.pdf · 116 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Antoine MOTTE
List: MR-Ensemble · Party / affiliation: MR
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): MR-Ensemble / OSER-LES ENGAGÉS / Socialibre
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
- 18 901
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 6,9 %1 301 out of 18 901
2019 : 5,5 % · 2026 : 6,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2019 1 025 5,5 % 2020 1 081 5,8 % 2021 1 060 5,7 % 2022 1 066 5,7 % 2023 1 157 6,1 % 2024 1 208 6,4 % 2025 1 315 7,0 % 2026 1 301 6,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2019-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,6 %(297)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,9 %(546)
- Non-EU272,4 %(458)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin74,0 %(13 994)
- Belgians of foreign origin19,1 %(3 606)
- Non-Belgians6,9 %(1 301)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,5 %(3 687)
- 18-64 years60,4 %(11 412)
- 65 and over20,1 %(3 802)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
72,7 km² · 259 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
28 139 €total net taxable income, 11 213 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: 10,963
- Registered: 14,174 · turnout 85.0 %
- Blank and void: 1,087 (9.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| MR-Ensemble | 3,478 | 31.7 % | 9 |
| PS | 2,866 | 26.1 % | 8 |
| OSER-LES ENGAGÉS | 2,033 | 18.5 % | 5 |
| Socialibre | 1,517 | 13.8 % | 3 |
| ECOLO | 617 | 5.6 % | 0 |
| DéFI | 452 | 4.1 % | 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 |
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| 1 257 | +1,9 % | 999 | |
| 180 | -4,3 % | 112 | |
| 170 | -11,9 % | 481 | |
| 146 | +10,6 % | 15 | |
| 115 | +53,3 % | - | |
| 114 | -8,1 % | 36 | |
| 102 | -17,1 % | 147 | |
| 102 | +30,8 % | - | |
| 73 | +43,1 % | 1 | |
| 69 | -6,8 % | 7 | |
| 55 | -14,1 % | 55 | |
| 37 | +105,6 % | 5 | |
| 30 | +7,1 % | 16 | |
| 28 | +40,0 % | 15 | |
| 27 | +17,4 % | 28 | |
| 24 | +9,1 % | 10 | |
| 20 | +81,8 % | 2 | |
| 20 | -41,2 % | 9 | |
| 17 | +30,8 % | 15 | |
| 12 | +33,3 % | 5 | |
| 10 | -16,7 % | 20 | |
| 6 | - | 2 | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | 1 | |
| 4 | -60,0 % | 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.