Municipality · NIS 43002 · closed 24/04/2026
Assenede
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599provisional
-3,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (619)
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
40,98 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 14 617 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Assenede_fr.pdf · 115 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Trees Van Eykeren
List: Lokaal Sterk! · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Lokaal Sterk!
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
- 14 626
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,6 %678 out of 14 626
2010 : 2,5 % · 2026 : 4,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 346 2,5 % 2011 383 2,8 % 2012 408 2,9 % 2013 437 3,1 % 2014 449 3,2 % 2015 458 3,3 % 2016 492 3,5 % 2017 521 3,7 % 2018 536 3,8 % 2019 547 3,8 % 2020 545 3,8 % 2021 572 4,0 % 2022 570 3,9 % 2023 632 4,3 % 2024 630 4,3 % 2025 652 4,5 % 2026 678 4,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,8 %(258)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,3 %(190)
- Non-EU271,6 %(230)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin87,1 %(12 745)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,2 %(1 203)
- Non-Belgians4,6 %(678)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,4 %(2 549)
- 18-64 years58,9 %(8 612)
- 65 and over23,7 %(3 465)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
87,5 km² · 167 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 475 €total net taxable income, 8 793 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: 7,427
- Registered: 11,526 · turnout 65.3 %
- Blank and void: 98 (1.3 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lokaal Sterk! | 3,459 | 46.6 % | 13 |
| Vooruit | 1,767 | 23.8 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 979 | 13.2 % | 2 |
| N-VA | 724 | 9.7 % | 1 |
| MEER dan Groen | 498 | 6.7 % | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 599 | -3,2 % | 713 | |
| 93 | +29,2 % | 176 | |
| 86 | -2,3 % | 95 | |
| 80 | +56,9 % | 55 | |
| 73 | -24,0 % | - | |
| 49 | +63,3 % | 33 | |
| 41 | -16,3 % | 96 | |
| 27 | +107,7 % | 47 | |
| 25 | +66,7 % | 1 | |
| 17 | -60,5 % | 71 | |
| 15 | -11,8 % | 8 | |
| 15 | -28,6 % | 40 | |
| 15 | -77,9 % | 26 | |
| 12 | +140,0 % | 7 | |
| 12 | -36,8 % | 5 | |
| 10 | +150,0 % | 4 | |
| 8 | +33,3 % | 9 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | - | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 9 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | - | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| 4 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | 3 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 1 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 2 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 3 | |
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| - | - | 17 | |
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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.