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Municipality · NIS 73042 · closed 24/04/2026

Lanaken

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1 533provisional

+15,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 327)

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

57,94 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 26 457 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Limburg_Lanaken_fr.pdf · 131 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Marino Keulen

    List: Team Burgemeester · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): Team Burgemeester

    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
26 513

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
33,8 %8 954 out of 26 513
2010 : 29,0 % · 2026 : 33,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20107 34129,0 %
20117 49029,4 %
20127 58729,6 %
20137 66229,8 %
20147 73330,0 %
20157 71930,0 %
20167 81430,3 %
20177 81230,3 %
20187 84030,4 %
20197 90130,6 %
20207 91830,6 %
20217 99930,9 %
20228 22831,4 %
20238 48032,3 %
20248 67732,9 %
20258 77433,2 %
20268 95433,8 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*27,1 %(7 197)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,1 %(570)
  • Non-EU274,5 %(1 187)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin50,6 %(13 422)
  • Belgians of foreign origin15,6 %(4 137)
  • Non-Belgians33,8 %(8 954)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years16,5 %(4 366)
  • 18-64 years58,4 %(15 476)
  • 65 and over25,2 %(6 671)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

59 km² · 449 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

31 408 €total net taxable income, 15 575 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: 10,225
  • Registered: 16,218 · turnout 63.4 %
  • Blank and void: 58 (0.6 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
Team Burgemeester4,55944.6 %15
cd&v plus Lanaken2,24622.0 %7
N-VA1,12811.0 %3
Vooruit Groen1,11010.9 %2
VLAAMS BELANG1,02110.0 %2
P.D.G1611.6 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
1 533+15,5 %1 599
253-15,7 %775
242+64,6 %65
193+80,4 %-
124+77,1 %118
99-19,5 %91
97-21,8 %227
87+27,9 %22
79-3,7 %92
54+14,9 %9
490,0 %5
48+65,5 %8
33+37,5 %23
29-23,7 %17
28+55,6 %6
26+36,8 %24
22+83,3 %28
21+40,0 %-
15-21,1 %2
13-18,8 %44
11+57,1 %2
11+120,0 %1
6-33,3 %1
4+100,0 %8
3+50,0 %-
2+100,0 %2
1-50,0 %2
10,0 %2
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1-6
10,0 %-
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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.

Documented perimeters

1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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