Municipality · NIS 23052 · closed 31/10/2025
Merchtem
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759in 2024
-0,5 % in 2024 compared with 2023 (763)
42,1 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2024 (pop. 18 029 on 1/1/2024)
Source: Vlaams_Brabant_Merchtem_fr.pdf · 118 pages · bulletin Q2 2025
Archived bulletin
The site's reference BIPOL bulletin (Q4 2025) contains no PDF for this municipality. The figures come from the bulletin of Q2 2025 (closed 31/10/2025), preserved by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Only complete years are included (2000, 2015-2024) : the last column of this bulletin covers only part of the year. Older closing date, so figures are not revised and may be slightly lower than in a recent bulletin. Archived PDF.
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Local executive
Mayor: Maarten Mast
List: Lijst Burgemeester · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Lijst Burgemeester / 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
- 18 467
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,4 %1 374 out of 18 467
2010 : 3,4 % · 2026 : 7,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 520 3,4 % 2011 566 3,6 % 2012 673 4,3 % 2013 692 4,4 % 2014 726 4,6 % 2015 776 4,9 % 2016 801 5,0 % 2017 854 5,3 % 2018 930 5,7 % 2019 1 017 6,1 % 2020 1 052 6,3 % 2021 1 143 6,7 % 2022 1 230 7,0 % 2023 1 325 7,5 % 2024 1 351 7,5 % 2025 1 394 7,6 % 2026 1 374 7,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,9 %(175)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,5 %(643)
- Non-EU273,0 %(556)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin71,6 %(13 215)
- Belgians of foreign origin21,0 %(3 878)
- Non-Belgians7,4 %(1 374)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,4 %(3 767)
- 18-64 years58,1 %(10 733)
- 65 and over21,5 %(3 967)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
36,9 km² · 498 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 435 €total net taxable income, 10 526 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: 9,163
- Registered: 13,604 · turnout 68.1 %
- Blank and void: 104 (1.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lijst Burgemeester | 2,922 | 31.9 % | 9 |
| PRO MERCHTEM | 2,180 | 23.8 % | 7 |
| cd&vplus | 1,667 | 18.2 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 1,502 | 16.4 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 498 | 5.4 % | 0 |
| GROEN | 394 | 4.3 % | 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).
| Category | 2024 | Change 2024/2023 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | -50,0 % | 4 | |
| 7 | -36,4 % | 6 | |
| 1 | - | 2 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 5 | |
| - | - | 10 | |
| 74 | +15,6 % | 2 | |
| 103 | +22,6 % | - | |
| 46 | -16,4 % | 114 | |
| 26 | +100,0 % | 31 | |
| 18 | +38,5 % | 33 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 58 | -15,9 % | 94 | |
| 1 | - | 1 | |
| 37 | +5,7 % | 19 | |
| 9 | +350,0 % | 4 | |
| 62 | +17,0 % | 59 | |
| 3 | - | 38 | |
| 10 | -60,0 % | 9 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 28 | +12,0 % | 47 | |
| 11 | +37,5 % | 5 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 19 | +18,8 % | 2 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 52 | +13,0 % | 50 | |
| - | - | 27 | |
| 48 | +6,7 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -66,7 % | 3 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| 30 | -43,4 % | 6 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| 179 | -6,8 % | 246 | |
| 759 | -0,5 % | 819 |
Change 2024/2023: change in 2024 compared with 2023 (e.g. −10 % = 2024 is 10 % lower than 2023, not the reverse).
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin Q2 2025 (closed 31/10/2025), archived by the Wayback Machine; complete years only, no 2025. Click a category to show the full available annual series.