Municipality · NIS 73107 · closed 24/04/2026
Maasmechelen
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3 021provisional
+3,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 922)
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
74,62 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 40 486 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Maasmechelen_fr.pdf · 133 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Raf Terwingen
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 17/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / Puur Maasmechelen / VOORUIT + Solidair
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
- 40 653
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 21,7 %8 829 out of 40 653
2010 : 19,0 % · 2026 : 21,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 7 011 19,0 % 2011 7 068 19,0 % 2012 7 149 19,1 % 2013 7 086 18,9 % 2014 6 979 18,6 % 2015 7 057 18,8 % 2016 7 126 18,9 % 2017 7 240 19,1 % 2018 7 409 19,4 % 2019 7 636 19,8 % 2020 7 805 20,0 % 2021 7 971 20,4 % 2022 8 074 20,5 % 2023 8 433 21,1 % 2024 8 556 21,3 % 2025 8 703 21,5 % 2026 8 829 21,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*8,9 %(3 607)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries7,0 %(2 851)
- Non-EU275,8 %(2 371)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin37,1 %(15 095)
- Belgians of foreign origin41,2 %(16 729)
- Non-Belgians21,7 %(8 829)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,3 %(7 853)
- 18-64 years59,6 %(24 247)
- 65 and over21,0 %(8 553)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
76,8 km² · 527 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
28 975 €total net taxable income, 23 397 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: 15,857
- Registered: 26,767 · turnout 59.6 %
- Blank and void: 93 (0.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 4,271 | 26.9 % | 11 |
| ademM/N-VA | 3,263 | 20.6 % | 8 |
| NieuwBlauw | 2,442 | 15.4 % | 5 |
| Puur Maasmechelen | 2,154 | 13.6 % | 5 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,820 | 11.5 % | 4 |
| VOORUIT + Solidair | 1,078 | 6.8 % | 2 |
| PVDA | 520 | 3.3 % | 0 |
| GROEN | 309 | 1.9 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 021 | +3,4 % | 2 258 | |
| 529 | +10,0 % | 1 140 | |
| 352 | +9,0 % | 74 | |
| 276 | +3,8 % | 163 | |
| 247 | +18,8 % | 95 | |
| 240 | -1,6 % | 263 | |
| 219 | -8,8 % | - | |
| 149 | +4,2 % | 37 | |
| 138 | +24,3 % | 9 | |
| 132 | -15,9 % | 123 | |
| 122 | -14,1 % | 13 | |
| 109 | -14,2 % | 27 | |
| 78 | +81,4 % | 51 | |
| 65 | -14,5 % | 14 | |
| 57 | -50,4 % | 3 | |
| 56 | +154,5 % | - | |
| 54 | +12,5 % | - | |
| 45 | +50,0 % | 67 | |
| 42 | +425,0 % | 32 | |
| 39 | -36,1 % | 33 | |
| 28 | -56,3 % | 16 | |
| 21 | +5,0 % | 17 | |
| 20 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 14 | +1300,0 % | - | |
| 12 | +33,3 % | 4 | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 27 | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 2 | |
| 7 | +250,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 7 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 2 | 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.
Documented perimeters
8 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten8