Municipality · NIS 42004 · closed 24/04/2026
Buggenhout
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702provisional
-6,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (752)
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
46,55 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 15 079 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Buggenhout_fr.pdf · 111 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Geert Hermans
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / N-VA
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
- 15 203
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,9 %740 out of 15 203
2010 : 1,5 % · 2026 : 4,9 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 211 1,5 % 2011 239 1,7 % 2012 247 1,7 % 2013 228 1,6 % 2014 221 1,5 % 2015 256 1,8 % 2016 274 1,9 % 2017 314 2,2 % 2018 355 2,5 % 2019 419 2,9 % 2020 489 3,3 % 2021 535 3,6 % 2022 598 4,1 % 2023 659 4,4 % 2024 702 4,7 % 2025 711 4,7 % 2026 740 4,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,6 %(88)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,3 %(343)
- Non-EU272,0 %(309)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin86,5 %(13 148)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,6 %(1 315)
- Non-Belgians4,9 %(740)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,0 %(2 886)
- 18-64 years58,1 %(8 840)
- 65 and over22,9 %(3 477)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
25,6 km² · 588 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
35 316 €total net taxable income, 8 755 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: 7,763
- Registered: 11,668 · turnout 67.0 %
- Blank and void: 53 (0.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 3,152 | 40.6 % | 10 |
| N-VA | 1,905 | 24.5 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,668 | 21.5 % | 5 |
| PRO9255 | 1,038 | 13.4 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 702 | -6,6 % | 623 | |
| 130 | -9,7 % | 219 | |
| 106 | +3,9 % | 73 | |
| 61 | -12,9 % | 49 | |
| 55 | +96,4 % | - | |
| 48 | -7,7 % | 16 | |
| 41 | -24,1 % | 2 | |
| 39 | -48,0 % | 117 | |
| 39 | +50,0 % | 16 | |
| 34 | -12,8 % | 7 | |
| 27 | -3,6 % | 24 | |
| 24 | +20,0 % | 24 | |
| 20 | +25,0 % | - | |
| 19 | -42,4 % | 2 | |
| 17 | +70,0 % | - | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | 9 | |
| 11 | -26,7 % | 7 | |
| 9 | +125,0 % | 6 | |
| 8 | 0,0 % | 19 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | 2 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | 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.