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Municipality · NIS 43018 · closed 24/04/2026

Zelzate

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1 240provisional

+4,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 189)

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

90,82 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 13 653 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Zelzate_fr.pdf · 122 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Brent Meuleman

    List: Vooruit · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 03/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): Vooruit / cd&v_N-VA_9060

    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
13 745

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
16,7 %2 294 out of 13 745
2010 : 6,9 % · 2026 : 16,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20108596,9 %
20119147,3 %
20129487,6 %
20131 0058,0 %
20141 0718,6 %
20151 1138,9 %
20161 2269,8 %
20171 38010,9 %
20181 43711,3 %
20191 56612,2 %
20201 60512,4 %
20211 73213,2 %
20221 89714,3 %
20232 05315,2 %
20242 18215,9 %
20252 24916,5 %
20262 29416,7 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*4,2 %(576)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries7,0 %(968)
  • Non-EU275,5 %(750)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin58,9 %(8 099)
  • Belgians of foreign origin24,4 %(3 352)
  • Non-Belgians16,7 %(2 294)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years20,3 %(2 796)
  • 18-64 years59,2 %(8 138)
  • 65 and over20,5 %(2 811)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

13,8 km² · 992 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

31 627 €total net taxable income, 7 944 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: 5,867
  • Registered: 9,236 · turnout 64.9 %
  • Blank and void: 126 (2.1 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
Vooruit2,45841.9 %11
PVDA1,27321.7 %5
VLAAMS BELANG-VOLUIT1,17720.1 %5
cd&v_N-VA_906069611.9 %2
Lokaal Liberaal2634.5 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
1 240+4,3 %1 225
218-17,7 %348
159+12,0 %86
130+91,2 %212
110+17,0 %45
101+8,6 %124
92+70,4 %4
83+25,8 %-
81-9,0 %150
70-15,7 %37
47-14,5 %73
21+10,5 %6
20-4,8 %13
19-24,0 %2
18-10,0 %-
18-18,2 %40
18-5,3 %14
15-21,1 %6
12+9,1 %9
7-36,4 %27
50,0 %7
5-58,3 %1
2-1
2-33,3 %7
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1-50,0 %2
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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

4 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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