Municipality · NIS 34003 · closed 24/04/2026
Avelgem
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443provisional
-6,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (475)
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
42,39 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 10 450 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Avelgem_fr.pdf · 112 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Lut Deseyn
List: gbA+burgemeester Lut · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): gbA+burgemeester Lut / Team Avelgem
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
- 10 426
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,1 %423 out of 10 426
2010 : 1,8 % · 2026 : 4,1 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 170 1,8 % 2011 164 1,7 % 2012 167 1,7 % 2013 177 1,8 % 2014 179 1,8 % 2015 237 2,4 % 2016 256 2,6 % 2017 273 2,7 % 2018 308 3,1 % 2019 325 3,2 % 2020 355 3,5 % 2021 347 3,4 % 2022 375 3,6 % 2023 416 4,0 % 2024 431 4,1 % 2025 448 4,3 % 2026 423 4,1 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(88)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,2 %(126)
- Non-EU272,0 %(209)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,2 %(9 191)
- Belgians of foreign origin7,8 %(812)
- Non-Belgians4,1 %(423)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,4 %(2 022)
- 18-64 years57,7 %(6 016)
- 65 and over22,9 %(2 388)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
22,1 km² · 472 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 716 €total net taxable income, 6 189 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: 4,988
- Registered: 7,990 · turnout 63.8 %
- Blank and void: 110 (2.2 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| gbA+burgemeester Lut | 2,314 | 46.4 % | 11 |
| Team Avelgem | 1,431 | 28.7 % | 6 |
| tandem | 981 | 19.7 % | 4 |
| N-VA | 262 | 5.3 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 443 | -6,7 % | 463 | |
| 76 | +76,7 % | - | |
| 69 | -17,9 % | 180 | |
| 58 | +7,4 % | 41 | |
| 55 | -23,6 % | 26 | |
| 41 | +13,9 % | 24 | |
| 29 | 0,0 % | 74 | |
| 18 | -30,8 % | 15 | |
| 16 | 0,0 % | 16 | |
| 16 | -73,8 % | 1 | |
| 10 | +42,9 % | 3 | |
| 9 | -18,2 % | 26 | |
| 9 | -10,0 % | 3 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | - | |
| 6 | +100,0 % | 19 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | -50,0 % | 10 | |
| 3 | - | 4 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | -66,7 % | - | |
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| 1 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
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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.