Municipality · NIS 44087 · closed 24/04/2026
Lochristi
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1 398provisional
-11,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 579)
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
45,22 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 30 916 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Lochristi_fr.pdf · 124 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Yves Deswaene
List: Anders · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Anders / cd&v
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
- 30 982
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,2 %1 602 out of 30 982
2025 : 5,1 % · 2026 : 5,2 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2025 1 562 5,1 % 2026 1 602 5,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2025-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,1 %(326)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,2 %(684)
- Non-EU271,9 %(592)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin84,7 %(26 256)
- Belgians of foreign origin10,1 %(3 124)
- Non-Belgians5,2 %(1 602)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,8 %(5 505)
- 18-64 years58,7 %(18 190)
- 65 and over23,5 %(7 287)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
95,3 km² · 324 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
Not published for this municipality code (municipality merged in 2025: 2023 income published for the former municipalities).
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: 14,868
- Registered: 24,144 · turnout 62.1 %
- Blank and void: 131 (0.9 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Vld | 6,124 | 41.2 % | 15 |
| cd&v | 2,744 | 18.5 % | 6 |
| N-VA | 2,342 | 15.8 % | 5 |
| Vooruit Plus | 1,683 | 11.3 % | 3 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,522 | 10.2 % | 2 |
| Loots Onafhankelijk | 453 | 3.0 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 398 | -11,5 % | 1 582 | |
| 223 | -21,8 % | 614 | |
| 162 | +24,6 % | 75 | |
| 156 | -3,1 % | 103 | |
| 133 | +12,7 % | - | |
| 122 | +16,2 % | 60 | |
| 114 | +62,9 % | 3 | |
| 113 | -21,0 % | 232 | |
| 102 | -37,4 % | 65 | |
| 43 | -44,9 % | 83 | |
| 35 | +40,0 % | 5 | |
| 35 | -55,7 % | 30 | |
| 30 | -26,8 % | 38 | |
| 25 | -24,2 % | 18 | |
| 19 | +111,1 % | - | |
| 18 | +12,5 % | 22 | |
| 16 | -20,0 % | 8 | |
| 16 | -30,4 % | 139 | |
| 14 | -30,0 % | 1 | |
| 11 | -54,2 % | 19 | |
| 9 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 7 | -12,5 % | 21 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 7 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | 3 | |
| 1 | - | 4 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| - | - | 17 | |
| - | - | 5 | |
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| - | - | 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.