Municipality · NIS 41034 · closed 24/04/2026
Lede
949provisional
-4,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (995)
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
48,85 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 19 425 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Lede_fr.pdf · 121 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Geertrui Van de Velde
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 / De Coöperatie
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
- 19 528
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,2 %829 out of 19 528
2010 : 0,9 % · 2026 : 4,2 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 159 0,9 % 2011 195 1,1 % 2012 234 1,3 % 2013 243 1,3 % 2014 244 1,3 % 2015 283 1,6 % 2016 354 1,9 % 2017 409 2,2 % 2018 456 2,4 % 2019 510 2,7 % 2020 556 2,9 % 2021 601 3,2 % 2022 616 3,2 % 2023 703 3,7 % 2024 771 4,0 % 2025 790 4,1 % 2026 829 4,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,7 %(141)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,4 %(264)
- Non-EU272,2 %(424)
* 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 %(16 889)
- Belgians of foreign origin9,3 %(1 810)
- Non-Belgians4,2 %(829)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,2 %(3 546)
- 18-64 years58,8 %(11 488)
- 65 and over23,0 %(4 494)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
29,9 km² · 650 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 545 €total net taxable income, 11 407 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: 9,357
- Registered: 15,268 · turnout 62.1 %
- Blank and void: 118 (1.2 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 3,734 | 39.9 % | 12 |
| N-VA | 1,497 | 16.0 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,378 | 14.7 % | 3 |
| De Coöperatie | 1,114 | 11.9 % | 3 |
| Open Lede | 1,031 | 11.0 % | 2 |
| GROEN | 603 | 6.4 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 949 | -4,6 % | 1 036 | |
| 217 | +14,2 % | 294 | |
| 123 | +24,2 % | 188 | |
| 102 | +5,2 % | - | |
| 92 | -3,2 % | 61 | |
| 80 | -23,8 % | 69 | |
| 80 | -11,1 % | 108 | |
| 32 | -39,6 % | 10 | |
| 32 | -36,0 % | 1 | |
| 29 | +31,8 % | - | |
| 29 | 0,0 % | 49 | |
| 27 | +28,6 % | 45 | |
| 24 | -4,0 % | 36 | |
| 22 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 17 | -15,0 % | 16 | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 3 | |
| 13 | -7,1 % | 17 | |
| 11 | -50,0 % | 5 | |
| 9 | -25,0 % | 82 | |
| 7 | +133,3 % | 4 | |
| 7 | -61,1 % | 1 | |
| 4 | -33,3 % | 7 | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | 6 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | -75,0 % | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 21 | |
| - | - | 2 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - |
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.