Municipality · NIS 62051 · closed 24/04/2026
Herstal
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3 699provisional
-4,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (3 858)
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
90,59 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 40 834 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Liege_Herstal_fr.pdf · 132 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Frédéric DAERDEN
List: PS-H · Party / affiliation: PS
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): MR / PS-H
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
- 40 909
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 17,3 %7 090 out of 40 909
2010 : 17,6 % · 2026 : 17,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 6 721 17,6 % 2011 6 786 17,7 % 2012 6 813 17,6 % 2013 6 704 17,2 % 2014 6 630 17,0 % 2015 6 747 17,1 % 2016 6 889 17,4 % 2017 6 913 17,4 % 2018 7 118 17,8 % 2019 7 125 17,8 % 2020 7 193 17,9 % 2021 7 129 17,8 % 2022 7 036 17,4 % 2023 7 129 17,5 % 2024 7 158 17,5 % 2025 7 081 17,3 % 2026 7 090 17,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,2 %(474)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries8,6 %(3 518)
- Non-EU277,6 %(3 098)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin36,6 %(14 967)
- Belgians of foreign origin46,1 %(18 852)
- Non-Belgians17,3 %(7 090)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years22,0 %(8 996)
- 18-64 years58,8 %(24 070)
- 65 and over19,2 %(7 843)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
23,4 km² · 1 748 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
26 065 €total net taxable income, 23 471 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: 19,739
- Registered: 26,966 · turnout 80.3 %
- Blank and void: 1,922 (8.9 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS-H | 9,432 | 47.8 % | 17 |
| PTB | 6,177 | 31.3 % | 11 |
| MR | 4,130 | 20.9 % | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 699 | -4,1 % | 4 331 | |
| 1 009 | -4,1 % | 2 340 | |
| 507 | -0,8 % | 275 | |
| 451 | +1,3 % | - | |
| 271 | -8,4 % | 295 | |
| 258 | -1,5 % | 25 | |
| 257 | -15,5 % | 410 | |
| 240 | -5,9 % | 78 | |
| 214 | -4,5 % | 253 | |
| 213 | -8,2 % | - | |
| 143 | +0,7 % | 40 | |
| 85 | +32,8 % | 71 | |
| 70 | +18,6 % | 126 | |
| 68 | +51,1 % | 37 | |
| 68 | -16,0 % | 7 | |
| 59 | -1,7 % | 34 | |
| 50 | -47,4 % | 35 | |
| 44 | -6,4 % | 19 | |
| 38 | +5,6 % | 13 | |
| 31 | +34,8 % | 1 | |
| 19 | +35,7 % | 45 | |
| 18 | -28,0 % | 148 | |
| 9 | -47,1 % | 8 | |
| 7 | +250,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 6 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 4 | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 37 | |
| - | - | 18 | |
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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
1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- ZIP (Wallonie)1