Municipality · NIS 41018 · closed 24/04/2026
Geraardsbergen
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2 702provisional
-7,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 907)
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
76,68 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 35 236 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Geraardsbergen_fr.pdf · 132 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Fernand Van Trimpont
List: Team Geraardsbergen · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Team Geraardsbergen / Anders / Vooruit/Groen
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
- 35 338
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,8 %2 749 out of 35 338
2010 : 3,0 % · 2026 : 7,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 958 3,0 % 2011 1 082 3,3 % 2012 1 176 3,6 % 2013 1 243 3,8 % 2014 1 258 3,8 % 2015 1 294 3,9 % 2016 1 354 4,1 % 2017 1 419 4,3 % 2018 1 550 4,6 % 2019 1 574 4,7 % 2020 1 674 5,0 % 2021 1 868 5,5 % 2022 2 023 5,9 % 2023 2 323 6,7 % 2024 2 494 7,1 % 2025 2 682 7,6 % 2026 2 749 7,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(300)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,2 %(792)
- Non-EU274,7 %(1 657)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin77,7 %(27 459)
- Belgians of foreign origin14,5 %(5 130)
- Non-Belgians7,8 %(2 749)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,1 %(6 756)
- 18-64 years59,0 %(20 848)
- 65 and over21,9 %(7 734)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
80,1 km² · 440 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 466 €total net taxable income, 21 048 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: 15,863
- Registered: 26,429 · turnout 61.1 %
- Blank and void: 297 (1.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Geraardsbergen | 3,680 | 23.2 % | 8 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 3,198 | 20.2 % | 7 |
| UP | 2,631 | 16.6 % | 5 |
| Open Vld | 2,295 | 14.5 % | 5 |
| Vooruit/Groen | 2,210 | 13.9 % | 4 |
| N-VA | 1,326 | 8.4 % | 2 |
| HET ALTERNATIEF | 523 | 3.3 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 702 | -7,1 % | 2 326 | |
| 383 | -13,3 % | 717 | |
| 340 | +2,7 % | - | |
| 306 | +3,4 % | - | |
| 298 | -8,9 % | 180 | |
| 265 | -17,7 % | 233 | |
| 222 | +10,4 % | 361 | |
| 185 | -5,1 % | 224 | |
| 171 | -12,8 % | 68 | |
| 150 | -7,4 % | 20 | |
| 139 | -26,1 % | 44 | |
| 111 | -0,9 % | 95 | |
| 101 | +65,6 % | 27 | |
| 69 | -2,8 % | 85 | |
| 48 | -11,1 % | 15 | |
| 47 | -16,1 % | 31 | |
| 42 | +13,5 % | 39 | |
| 34 | +21,4 % | 66 | |
| 22 | +4,8 % | 20 | |
| 21 | -32,3 % | 16 | |
| 14 | -44,0 % | - | |
| 8 | -27,3 % | 16 | |
| 8 | -20,0 % | 1 | |
| 7 | +133,3 % | - | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 1 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -80,0 % | 5 | |
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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
9 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten9