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Municipality · NIS 46025 · closed 24/04/2026

Temse

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1 756provisional

-8,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 908)

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

55,55 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 31 613 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Temse_fr.pdf · 127 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Hugo Maes

    List: cd&v - open vld · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v - open vld / TESAMEN

    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
31 814

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
10,3 %3 264 out of 31 814
2010 : 4,1 % · 2026 : 10,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20101 1654,1 %
20111 2164,3 %
20121 3544,7 %
20131 4294,9 %
20141 4565,0 %
20151 5735,4 %
20161 6115,5 %
20171 7816,0 %
20181 8606,3 %
20192 0486,8 %
20202 2357,4 %
20212 3187,7 %
20222 4828,1 %
20232 8299,1 %
20243 0039,6 %
20253 16410,0 %
20263 26410,3 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,4 %(452)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,6 %(823)
  • Non-EU276,3 %(1 989)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin68,6 %(21 822)
  • Belgians of foreign origin21,1 %(6 728)
  • Non-Belgians10,3 %(3 264)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years20,2 %(6 442)
  • 18-64 years59,2 %(18 825)
  • 65 and over20,6 %(6 547)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

40,1 km² · 788 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

32 566 €total net taxable income, 18 048 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: 13,400
  • Registered: 22,815 · turnout 59.4 %
  • Blank and void: 148 (1.1 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
cd&v - open vld4,95337.0 %12
N-VA2,95022.0 %7
VLAAMS BELANG2,80420.9 %6
TESAMEN2,69320.1 %6

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
1 756-8,0 %1 914
295-7,2 %677
214-10,8 %123
178+29,9 %16
164-24,8 %154
144+108,7 %-
133-14,7 %326
105-25,5 %-
96+9,1 %31
83-13,5 %106
61-30,7 %49
60-25,0 %20
60-35,5 %31
44+22,2 %35
42+27,3 %66
39-15,2 %34
34-26,1 %7
26-25,7 %22
24-54,7 %150
22-4,3 %18
9-35,7 %5
7-22,2 %10
6-25,0 %2
4+33,3 %2
3-50,0 %-
3-50,0 %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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