Municipality · NIS 31004 · closed 24/04/2026
Blankenberge
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2 637provisional
+4,8 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 517)
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
127,68 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 20 654 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Blankenberge_fr.pdf · 131 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Björn Prasse
List: Team Blankenberge · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 16/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Team Blankenberge / N-VA / cd&vplus / Vooruit
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
- 20 741
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,2 %1 908 out of 20 741
2010 : 3,5 % · 2026 : 9,2 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 653 3,5 % 2011 716 3,7 % 2012 812 4,2 % 2013 924 4,7 % 2014 970 4,9 % 2015 990 4,9 % 2016 1 042 5,2 % 2017 1 145 5,7 % 2018 1 165 5,7 % 2019 1 242 6,1 % 2020 1 318 6,4 % 2021 1 327 6,5 % 2022 1 347 6,6 % 2023 1 542 7,5 % 2024 1 691 8,2 % 2025 1 842 8,9 % 2026 1 908 9,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,2 %(258)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,0 %(631)
- Non-EU274,9 %(1 019)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin80,0 %(16 599)
- Belgians of foreign origin10,8 %(2 234)
- Non-Belgians9,2 %(1 908)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years12,6 %(2 607)
- 18-64 years51,8 %(10 742)
- 65 and over35,6 %(7 392)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
19 km² · 1 087 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
27 530 €total net taxable income, 13 916 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: 9,322
- Registered: 16,553 · turnout 57.4 %
- Blank and void: 175 (1.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Blankenberge | 2,595 | 27.8 % | 8 |
| N-VA | 2,514 | 27.0 % | 8 |
| cd&vplus | 1,578 | 16.9 % | 4 |
| Vooruit | 1,568 | 16.8 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,067 | 11.4 % | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 637 | +4,8 % | 3 699 | |
| 579 | +11,8 % | 1 261 | |
| 325 | +12,5 % | 265 | |
| 234 | +20,0 % | 153 | |
| 217 | +7,4 % | 413 | |
| 204 | +14,6 % | 105 | |
| 185 | -4,6 % | 238 | |
| 181 | +11,7 % | - | |
| 160 | -17,5 % | 319 | |
| 79 | -10,2 % | 11 | |
| 74 | -8,6 % | 61 | |
| 70 | -23,9 % | 6 | |
| 67 | -17,3 % | 82 | |
| 66 | +46,7 % | 24 | |
| 44 | -22,8 % | 17 | |
| 30 | +30,4 % | 54 | |
| 27 | 0,0 % | 38 | |
| 19 | +5,6 % | - | |
| 17 | +6,3 % | 21 | |
| 14 | +27,3 % | 53 | |
| 10 | +100,0 % | 10 | |
| 8 | -42,9 % | 62 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 6 | |
| 5 | +66,7 % | 4 | |
| 4 | - | 202 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | - | 12 | |
| 2 | -83,3 % | 8 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
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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
2 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten2