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Municipality · NIS 42006 · closed 24/04/2026

Dendermonde

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3 683provisional

-4,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (3 849)

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

77,47 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 47 539 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Dendermonde_fr.pdf · 133 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Leen Dierick

    List: cd&V · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): cd&V / Vooruit / Vernieuwing

    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
47 828

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
6,6 %3 160 out of 47 828
2010 : 2,2 % · 2026 : 6,6 %
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20109492,2 %
20111 0722,4 %
20121 2082,7 %
20131 2482,8 %
20141 3753,1 %
20151 4883,3 %
20161 6053,5 %
20171 7643,9 %
20181 9644,3 %
20192 1474,7 %
20202 2845,0 %
20212 3855,2 %
20222 5915,6 %
20232 8506,1 %
20242 9706,3 %
20253 1476,6 %
20263 1606,6 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(366)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,1 %(1 022)
  • Non-EU273,7 %(1 772)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin80,1 %(38 304)
  • Belgians of foreign origin13,3 %(6 364)
  • Non-Belgians6,6 %(3 160)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years18,5 %(8 861)
  • 18-64 years58,8 %(28 123)
  • 65 and over22,7 %(10 844)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

56,5 km² · 842 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

32 054 €total net taxable income, 28 550 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: 22,489
  • Registered: 36,264 · turnout 62.4 %
  • Blank and void: 155 (0.7 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
cd&V6,29528.0 %10
VLAAMS BELANG5,98326.6 %10
N-VA3,96517.6 %6
Vooruit3,82817.0 %6
Vernieuwing2,2289.9 %3
Zwakke weggebruiker1900.8 %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
3 683-4,3 %3 751
570-22,4 %1 396
542-0,7 %440
360+11,5 %123
311-9,3 %494
3040,0 %292
293-13,8 %21
262+33,0 %-
186+8,8 %195
157-1,3 %92
155+10,7 %110
71-28,3 %36
65+25,0 %93
64+10,3 %34
62+21,6 %53
58-20,5 %37
50+16,3 %42
43-14,0 %53
41-28,1 %120
31-20,5 %-
20-33,3 %1
12-7,7 %-
12-45,5 %19
11-50,0 %8
10+11,1 %2
5+66,7 %7
5+25,0 %2
4+100,0 %1
4+300,0 %1
3-50
2-7
1-1
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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.

Documented perimeters

3 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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