Municipality · NIS 41081 · closed 24/04/2026
Zottegem
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1 776provisional
-12,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 028)
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
62,9 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 28 236 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Zottegem_fr.pdf · 130 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Evelien De Both
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 12/01/2026 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v Zottegem / N-VA / Anders. Zottegem
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Previous mandates (this term)
- Evelien De Both (office-holder unable to serve) from 20/10/2025 to 12/01/2026
- Brecht Cassiman (acting) from 05/11/2025 to 11/01/2026
- Evelien De Both from 13/01/2025 to 20/10/2025
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
- 28 343
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 6,2 %1 752 out of 28 343
2010 : 1,3 % · 2026 : 6,2 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 319 1,3 % 2011 387 1,5 % 2012 488 1,9 % 2013 537 2,1 % 2014 632 2,5 % 2015 712 2,8 % 2016 791 3,1 % 2017 879 3,4 % 2018 997 3,8 % 2019 1 081 4,1 % 2020 1 120 4,2 % 2021 1 244 4,6 % 2022 1 364 5,0 % 2023 1 536 5,5 % 2024 1 701 6,1 % 2025 1 808 6,4 % 2026 1 752 6,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,7 %(211)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,0 %(573)
- Non-EU273,4 %(968)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin84,9 %(24 065)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,9 %(2 526)
- Non-Belgians6,2 %(1 752)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,9 %(5 067)
- 18-64 years58,4 %(16 545)
- 65 and over23,7 %(6 731)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
57,5 km² · 491 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 406 €total net taxable income, 17 001 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: 14,279
- Registered: 21,855 · turnout 66.1 %
- Blank and void: 176 (1.2 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit Zottegem | 4,552 | 31.9 % | 11 |
| N-VA | 3,779 | 26.5 % | 8 |
| cd&v Zottegem | 2,384 | 16.7 % | 5 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,456 | 10.2 % | 2 |
| Positief | 1,313 | 9.2 % | 2 |
| ZIZO ZIN IN ZOTTEGEM | 756 | 5.3 % | 1 |
| De Vrije Mening | 39 | 0.3 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 776 | -12,4 % | 1 414 | |
| 273 | -21,8 % | 526 | |
| 211 | +4,5 % | - | |
| 207 | -13,8 % | 111 | |
| 202 | -9,4 % | 76 | |
| 141 | +12,8 % | 63 | |
| 127 | -17,0 % | 201 | |
| 88 | +7,3 % | 7 | |
| 76 | -25,5 % | 40 | |
| 75 | -29,2 % | 15 | |
| 70 | +12,9 % | - | |
| 69 | +40,8 % | 27 | |
| 66 | -13,2 % | 30 | |
| 49 | -15,5 % | 78 | |
| 46 | +31,4 % | 15 | |
| 35 | +45,8 % | 48 | |
| 34 | -33,3 % | 13 | |
| 24 | -44,2 % | 13 | |
| 13 | -18,8 % | 5 | |
| 8 | -83,7 % | 88 | |
| 7 | -41,7 % | 4 | |
| 7 | -53,3 % | 2 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | - | |
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| - | - | 7 | |
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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.