Municipality · NIS 53070 · closed 24/04/2026
Saint-Ghislain
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1 765provisional
+0,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 761)
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
74,3 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 23 756 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Hainaut_Saint_Ghislain_fr.pdf · 124 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Florence MONIER
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
- 23 969
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,4 %2 265 out of 23 969
2010 : 9,6 % · 2026 : 9,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 2 201 9,6 % 2011 2 246 9,8 % 2012 2 190 9,5 % 2013 2 200 9,5 % 2014 2 173 9,5 % 2015 2 189 9,6 % 2016 2 152 9,3 % 2017 2 172 9,4 % 2018 2 104 9,0 % 2019 2 168 9,3 % 2020 2 187 9,3 % 2021 2 246 9,6 % 2022 2 270 9,7 % 2023 2 329 9,8 % 2024 2 312 9,7 % 2025 2 308 9,7 % 2026 2 265 9,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*2,0 %(474)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries5,0 %(1 202)
- Non-EU272,5 %(589)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin60,0 %(14 376)
- Belgians of foreign origin30,6 %(7 328)
- Non-Belgians9,4 %(2 265)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,0 %(4 323)
- 18-64 years59,0 %(14 137)
- 65 and over23,0 %(5 509)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
70,6 km² · 337 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
28 024 €total net taxable income, 14 498 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: 13,335
- Registered: 17,702 · turnout 82.5 %
- Blank and void: 1,275 (8.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 6,847 | 51.3 % | 15 |
| Osons! | 3,843 | 28.8 % | 8 |
| Mouvement Citoyen | 1,343 | 10.1 % | 2 |
| Entité Active | 1,302 | 9.8 % | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 765 | +0,2 % | 2 916 | |
| 392 | -17,1 % | 1 734 | |
| 203 | -1,0 % | 139 | |
| 168 | -12,5 % | 134 | |
| 145 | +5,1 % | 260 | |
| 138 | +42,3 % | - | |
| 128 | +13,3 % | 19 | |
| 114 | +21,3 % | 95 | |
| 98 | +50,8 % | 96 | |
| 80 | -3,6 % | - | |
| 80 | +33,3 % | 10 | |
| 70 | -12,5 % | 4 | |
| 55 | +111,5 % | 35 | |
| 33 | -51,5 % | 31 | |
| 32 | -31,9 % | 35 | |
| 29 | +20,8 % | 5 | |
| 20 | -20,0 % | 11 | |
| 13 | +62,5 % | 10 | |
| 10 | +42,9 % | 32 | |
| 7 | -22,2 % | 1 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | - | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 4 | -63,6 % | 10 | |
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| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 10 | |
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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.