Municipality · NIS 56049 · closed 24/04/2026
Merbes-le-Château
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205provisional
-5,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (217)
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
49,55 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 4 137 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_Merbes_le_Chateau_fr.pdf · 100 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jean-Philippe GOFFIN
List: PS · Party / affiliation: PS
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): 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
- 4 193
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,7 %195 out of 4 193
2010 : 4,5 % · 2026 : 4,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 192 4,5 % 2011 181 4,3 % 2012 204 4,8 % 2013 198 4,7 % 2014 199 4,7 % 2015 201 4,7 % 2016 202 4,7 % 2017 212 4,9 % 2018 215 5,1 % 2019 206 4,8 % 2020 202 4,8 % 2021 207 4,9 % 2022 220 5,2 % 2023 204 4,8 % 2024 203 4,9 % 2025 192 4,6 % 2026 195 4,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,8 %(77)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,7 %(72)
- Non-EU271,1 %(46)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin75,3 %(3 157)
- Belgians of foreign origin20,1 %(841)
- Non-Belgians4,7 %(195)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,4 %(855)
- 18-64 years60,4 %(2 532)
- 65 and over19,2 %(806)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
30,5 km² · 135 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
28 280 €total net taxable income, 2 425 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: 2,648
- Registered: 3,161 · turnout 89.1 %
- Blank and void: 170 (6.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 1,608 | 60.7 % | 11 |
| MR Ci | 619 | 23.4 % | 3 |
| LES ENGAGÉS POUR MERBES | 373 | 14.1 % | 1 |
| CC | 48 | 1.8 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | -5,5 % | 285 | |
| 51 | +24,4 % | 26 | |
| 37 | -30,2 % | 120 | |
| 35 | +150,0 % | 6 | |
| 14 | -17,6 % | 10 | |
| 14 | -48,1 % | 44 | |
| 12 | +9,1 % | - | |
| 9 | -40,0 % | 20 | |
| 9 | +50,0 % | 6 | |
| 8 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | - | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 3 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 12 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 8 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
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| 1 | 0,0 % | 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.