Municipality · NIS 63084 · closed 24/04/2026
Welkenraedt
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751provisional
+26,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (594)
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
71,38 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 10 521 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Liege_Welkenraedt_fr.pdf · 114 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jean-Luc NIX
List: LB · Party / affiliation: MR
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): LB
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
- 10 531
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 8,3 %872 out of 10 531
2010 : 7,2 % · 2026 : 8,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 681 7,2 % 2011 731 7,6 % 2012 712 7,3 % 2013 696 7,1 % 2014 696 7,1 % 2015 692 7,1 % 2016 707 7,2 % 2017 730 7,4 % 2018 771 7,8 % 2019 806 8,1 % 2020 813 8,1 % 2021 864 8,5 % 2022 912 8,7 % 2023 905 8,6 % 2024 912 8,7 % 2025 916 8,7 % 2026 872 8,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*4,0 %(424)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,2 %(122)
- Non-EU273,1 %(326)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin69,0 %(7 262)
- Belgians of foreign origin22,8 %(2 397)
- Non-Belgians8,3 %(872)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,4 %(2 152)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(6 165)
- 65 and over21,0 %(2 214)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
24,7 km² · 426 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
29 738 €total net taxable income, 6 193 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: 6,028
- Registered: 7,737 · turnout 85.1 %
- Blank and void: 560 (8.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| LB | 3,076 | 51.0 % | 11 |
| PLUS | 2,144 | 35.6 % | 8 |
| ECOLO | 808 | 13.4 % | 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 |
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| 751 | +26,4 % | 659 | |
| 193 | +43,0 % | 384 | |
| 95 | +25,0 % | 54 | |
| 68 | +25,9 % | - | |
| 61 | +1,7 % | - | |
| 61 | +35,6 % | 8 | |
| 51 | +96,2 % | 87 | |
| 49 | -15,5 % | 21 | |
| 44 | +214,3 % | 2 | |
| 37 | +15,6 % | 25 | |
| 26 | -39,5 % | 18 | |
| 20 | +300,0 % | 3 | |
| 19 | +171,4 % | 11 | |
| 17 | +54,5 % | 1 | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 6 | |
| 11 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 11 | +83,3 % | 1 | |
| 10 | +42,9 % | - | |
| 9 | -18,2 % | 9 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | - | |
| 6 | -40,0 % | 12 | |
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| 2 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 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.