Municipality · NIS 42025 · closed 24/04/2026
Wetteren
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1 880provisional
-0,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 897)
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
69,82 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 26 926 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Wetteren_fr.pdf · 132 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Albert De Geyter
List: SAMEN VOOR WETTEREN · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): SAMEN VOOR WETTEREN / N-VA
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
- 27 071
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,5 %2 579 out of 27 071
2010 : 2,4 % · 2026 : 9,5 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 561 2,4 % 2011 684 2,9 % 2012 880 3,6 % 2013 967 4,0 % 2014 1 129 4,6 % 2015 1 249 5,0 % 2016 1 336 5,4 % 2017 1 494 6,0 % 2018 1 713 6,7 % 2019 1 912 7,4 % 2020 2 103 8,1 % 2021 2 215 8,5 % 2022 2 290 8,7 % 2023 2 481 9,3 % 2024 2 489 9,2 % 2025 2 543 9,4 % 2026 2 579 9,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,9 %(236)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,6 %(969)
- Non-EU275,1 %(1 374)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin74,5 %(20 160)
- Belgians of foreign origin16,0 %(4 332)
- Non-Belgians9,5 %(2 579)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,7 %(5 073)
- 18-64 years59,6 %(16 136)
- 65 and over21,7 %(5 862)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
37 km² · 727 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 819 €total net taxable income, 16 432 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: 12,083
- Registered: 20,023 · turnout 61.4 %
- Blank and void: 203 (1.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMEN VOOR WETTEREN | 3,978 | 32.9 % | 11 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 2,215 | 18.3 % | 6 |
| N-VA | 2,099 | 17.4 % | 5 |
| Groen-Vooruit | 1,843 | 15.3 % | 4 |
| GV-Gezond Verstand | 1,152 | 9.5 % | 2 |
| Open Vld | 796 | 6.6 % | 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 |
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| 1 880 | -0,9 % | 2 597 | |
| 418 | +6,1 % | 957 | |
| 245 | +2,9 % | 202 | |
| 139 | -24,0 % | 281 | |
| 139 | -27,6 % | 138 | |
| 133 | +47,8 % | - | |
| 115 | +53,3 % | 60 | |
| 111 | -21,8 % | 153 | |
| 89 | +30,9 % | 10 | |
| 79 | -14,1 % | 38 | |
| 71 | -15,5 % | 66 | |
| 70 | +2,9 % | 1 | |
| 62 | +100,0 % | 40 | |
| 59 | +43,9 % | 54 | |
| 44 | -15,4 % | 342 | |
| 34 | +6,3 % | 22 | |
| 33 | -31,3 % | 16 | |
| 20 | -55,6 % | 53 | |
| 19 | -9,5 % | 76 | |
| 16 | +166,7 % | 10 | |
| 13 | -35,0 % | 20 | |
| 8 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| 7 | - | 4 | |
| 6 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 4 | |
| 4 | - | 11 | |
| 4 | -73,3 % | 7 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | 2 | |
| 1 | - | 17 | |
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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).
- Kwetsbare buurten3