Municipality · NIS 73098 · closed 24/04/2026
Wellen
271provisional
+12,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (241)
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
36,23 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 7 479 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Wellen_fr.pdf · 103 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Els Robeyns
List: Vooruit - rob · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 06/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Vooruit - rob / Bruisend Wellen
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
- 7 556
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,0 %229 out of 7 556
2010 : 2,1 % · 2026 : 3,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 155 2,1 % 2011 150 2,0 % 2012 151 2,0 % 2013 148 2,0 % 2014 145 2,0 % 2015 151 2,0 % 2016 134 1,8 % 2017 131 1,8 % 2018 133 1,8 % 2019 123 1,7 % 2020 167 2,3 % 2021 169 2,3 % 2022 181 2,4 % 2023 239 3,2 % 2024 235 3,1 % 2025 225 3,0 % 2026 229 3,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,9 %(66)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries0,9 %(70)
- Non-EU271,2 %(93)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin89,0 %(6 723)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,0 %(604)
- Non-Belgians3,0 %(229)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,1 %(1 216)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(4 422)
- 65 and over25,4 %(1 918)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
26,8 km² · 279 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 352 €total net taxable income, 4 520 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: 3,985
- Registered: 6,080 · turnout 66.6 %
- Blank and void: 65 (1.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit - rob | 1,443 | 36.2 % | 8 |
| Samen. | 1,102 | 27.7 % | 5 |
| Bruisend Wellen | 851 | 21.4 % | 4 |
| Voor alle Wellenaren | 589 | 14.8 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | +12,4 % | 317 | |
| 40 | -11,1 % | 22 | |
| 38 | +81,0 % | 144 | |
| 30 | +30,4 % | 21 | |
| 28 | +21,7 % | 30 | |
| 27 | +8,0 % | 7 | |
| 21 | +950,0 % | 17 | |
| 19 | +171,4 % | 2 | |
| 13 | -45,8 % | - | |
| 13 | +8,3 % | - | |
| 8 | -46,7 % | 1 | |
| 7 | -30,0 % | 23 | |
| 7 | 0,0 % | 32 | |
| 5 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 4 | +300,0 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
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| 2 | -50,0 % | 6 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 2 | |
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| 1 | -87,5 % | 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.