Municipality · NIS 63004 · closed 24/04/2026
Baelen
198provisional
+13,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (175)
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
43,72 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 4 529 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Liege_Baelen_fr.pdf · 96 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Nathalie THÖNNISSEN
List: Trait d Union · Party / affiliation: Les Engagé·e·s
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Alternative / Trait d Union
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
- 4 514
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,8 %353 out of 4 514
2010 : 6,5 % · 2026 : 7,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 272 6,5 % 2011 283 6,7 % 2012 304 7,1 % 2013 304 7,1 % 2014 328 7,6 % 2015 319 7,3 % 2016 335 7,7 % 2017 334 7,6 % 2018 336 7,6 % 2019 345 7,7 % 2020 367 8,2 % 2021 347 7,8 % 2022 340 7,6 % 2023 381 8,4 % 2024 358 8,0 % 2025 354 7,8 % 2026 353 7,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*4,5 %(201)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,3 %(57)
- Non-EU272,1 %(95)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin71,7 %(3 238)
- Belgians of foreign origin20,4 %(923)
- Non-Belgians7,8 %(353)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,0 %(903)
- 18-64 years60,2 %(2 717)
- 65 and over19,8 %(894)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
85,6 km² · 53 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 830 €total net taxable income, 2 703 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: 2,833
- Registered: 3,390 · turnout 89.6 %
- Blank and void: 205 (6.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trait d Union | 1,160 | 40.9 % | 6 |
| ACBM | 1,016 | 35.9 % | 6 |
| Alternative | 657 | 23.2 % | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | +13,1 % | 249 | |
| 36 | +56,5 % | 20 | |
| 22 | -56,0 % | 132 | |
| 22 | +29,4 % | - | |
| 19 | +11,8 % | 6 | |
| 18 | +28,6 % | 10 | |
| 17 | +325,0 % | 2 | |
| 15 | +7,1 % | - | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | 22 | |
| 13 | +44,4 % | 19 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 6 | - | 1 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 6 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 6 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
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| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -80,0 % | 9 | |
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| - | - | 5 | |
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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.