Municipality · NIS 72038 · closed 24/04/2026
Hechtel-Eksel
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+24,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (618)
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
58,53 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 13 105 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Hechtel_Eksel_fr.pdf · 115 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jan Dalemans
List: HE Lijst Burgemeestr · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): HE Lijst Burgemeestr / ieder1
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
- 13 089
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 11,4 %1 496 out of 13 089
2010 : 9,7 % · 2026 : 11,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 146 9,7 % 2011 1 182 10,0 % 2012 1 188 9,9 % 2013 1 148 9,6 % 2014 1 189 9,8 % 2015 1 199 9,8 % 2016 1 180 9,6 % 2017 1 185 9,7 % 2018 1 239 10,1 % 2019 1 267 10,2 % 2020 1 267 10,1 % 2021 1 258 10,0 % 2022 1 327 10,4 % 2023 1 453 11,3 % 2024 1 497 11,5 % 2025 1 518 11,6 % 2026 1 496 11,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*6,9 %(902)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,8 %(236)
- Non-EU272,7 %(358)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin75,1 %(9 834)
- Belgians of foreign origin13,4 %(1 759)
- Non-Belgians11,4 %(1 496)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,4 %(2 545)
- 18-64 years58,4 %(7 640)
- 65 and over22,2 %(2 904)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
76,7 km² · 171 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 234 €total net taxable income, 7 355 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: 6,271
- Registered: 9,336 · turnout 67.6 %
- Blank and void: 41 (0.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE Lijst Burgemeestr | 2,927 | 46.7 % | 12 |
| ieder1 | 2,477 | 39.5 % | 10 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 642 | 10.2 % | 1 |
| DSA Hechtel-Eksel | 225 | 3.6 % | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 767 | +24,1 % | 582 | |
| 137 | +48,9 % | - | |
| 96 | +65,5 % | 32 | |
| 86 | 0,0 % | 250 | |
| 70 | +32,1 % | 21 | |
| 61 | +64,9 % | 72 | |
| 51 | -32,9 % | 50 | |
| 39 | +8,3 % | 9 | |
| 39 | +143,8 % | 3 | |
| 25 | 0,0 % | 9 | |
| 23 | -11,5 % | 33 | |
| 19 | +137,5 % | 9 | |
| 18 | 0,0 % | 15 | |
| 16 | +77,8 % | 8 | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 15 | |
| 15 | +7,1 % | 9 | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 6 | |
| 14 | +75,0 % | - | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 3 | |
| 7 | -46,2 % | - | |
| 6 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 6 | -40,0 % | 3 | |
| 4 | - | 5 | |
| 4 | - | - | |
| 3 | - | 13 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | 3 | |
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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.