Municipality · NIS 43010 · closed 24/04/2026
Maldegem
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1 254provisional
-0,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 260)
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
50,4 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 24 883 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Maldegem_fr.pdf · 123 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Koenraad De Ceuninck
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / Ons Dorp
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
- 24 927
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,7 %1 417 out of 24 927
2010 : 2,3 % · 2026 : 5,7 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 516 2,3 % 2011 593 2,6 % 2012 655 2,8 % 2013 712 3,1 % 2014 732 3,1 % 2015 726 3,1 % 2016 757 3,2 % 2017 811 3,4 % 2018 877 3,7 % 2019 923 3,9 % 2020 986 4,1 % 2021 1 019 4,2 % 2022 1 112 4,6 % 2023 1 238 5,0 % 2024 1 281 5,2 % 2025 1 379 5,5 % 2026 1 417 5,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,3 %(324)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,3 %(575)
- Non-EU272,1 %(518)
* 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 %(21 558)
- Belgians of foreign origin7,8 %(1 952)
- Non-Belgians5,7 %(1 417)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,2 %(4 294)
- 18-64 years59,4 %(14 803)
- 65 and over23,4 %(5 830)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
95,6 km² · 260 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 650 €total net taxable income, 15 049 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: 11,704
- Registered: 19,517 · turnout 60.8 %
- Blank and void: 162 (1.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 4,291 | 36.7 % | 13 |
| Ons Dorp | 2,127 | 18.2 % | 5 |
| Open VLD De Merlaan | 2,037 | 17.4 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 1,131 | 9.7 % | 2 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 898 | 7.7 % | 1 |
| GROEN MALDEGEM | 652 | 5.6 % | 1 |
| Vooruit | 568 | 4.9 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 254 | -0,5 % | 1 420 | |
| 227 | -15,0 % | 406 | |
| 125 | -12,0 % | 195 | |
| 121 | +42,4 % | - | |
| 120 | -4,0 % | 118 | |
| 115 | -14,2 % | 223 | |
| 87 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 81 | +11,0 % | 126 | |
| 73 | -14,1 % | 27 | |
| 52 | +15,6 % | 44 | |
| 48 | +2,1 % | - | |
| 45 | +60,7 % | 9 | |
| 33 | +37,5 % | 16 | |
| 33 | -13,2 % | 39 | |
| 29 | -23,7 % | 81 | |
| 24 | -17,2 % | 10 | |
| 17 | -5,6 % | 16 | |
| 17 | +88,9 % | 8 | |
| 15 | -11,8 % | 24 | |
| 14 | 0,0 % | 14 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 6 | |
| 5 | -28,6 % | 6 | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -75,0 % | 3 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 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.