Municipality · NIS 72004 · closed 24/04/2026
Bree
934provisional
+4,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (898)
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
54,27 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 17 210 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Bree_fr.pdf · 119 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Sietse Wils
List: Verjonging · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Verjonging / N-VA Bree
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · 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
- 17 371
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 12,4 %2 150 out of 17 371
2010 : 5,9 % · 2026 : 12,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 888 5,9 % 2011 944 6,2 % 2012 997 6,5 % 2013 1 019 6,6 % 2014 1 029 6,6 % 2015 1 111 7,1 % 2016 1 211 7,7 % 2017 1 288 8,1 % 2018 1 348 8,4 % 2019 1 396 8,7 % 2020 1 470 9,1 % 2021 1 454 9,0 % 2022 1 581 9,7 % 2023 1 769 10,6 % 2024 1 920 11,3 % 2025 2 042 11,9 % 2026 2 150 12,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*6,3 %(1 090)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,8 %(494)
- Non-EU273,3 %(566)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin76,8 %(13 336)
- Belgians of foreign origin10,9 %(1 885)
- Non-Belgians12,4 %(2 150)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,9 %(2 944)
- 18-64 years59,3 %(10 294)
- 65 and over23,8 %(4 133)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
65 km² · 265 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 678 €total net taxable income, 10 220 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: 7,610
- Registered: 12,612 · turnout 61.0 %
- Blank and void: 85 (1.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verjonging | 2,845 | 37.4 % | 10 |
| onsBree | 2,520 | 33.1 % | 9 |
| N-VA Bree | 1,303 | 17.1 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 942 | 12.4 % | 2 |
Source: Vlaanderen kiest (Flemish Home Affairs agency), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 934 | +4,0 % | 746 | |
| 152 | +7,0 % | 336 | |
| 136 | +21,4 % | 79 | |
| 91 | +18,2 % | 37 | |
| 90 | +32,4 % | - | |
| 77 | -30,0 % | 6 | |
| 70 | -28,6 % | 116 | |
| 65 | +35,4 % | 9 | |
| 59 | +59,5 % | 3 | |
| 41 | +32,3 % | 31 | |
| 36 | -20,0 % | 9 | |
| 33 | -25,0 % | - | |
| 24 | +84,6 % | 17 | |
| 21 | -16,0 % | - | |
| 15 | -34,8 % | 11 | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | - | |
| 13 | +8,3 % | 27 | |
| 8 | -20,0 % | 17 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 3 | |
| 5 | -28,6 % | 30 | |
| 3 | -62,5 % | - | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | -80,0 % | 3 | |
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| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
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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.