Municipality · NIS 35002 · closed 24/04/2026
Bredene
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1 265provisional
-7,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 365)
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
69,52 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 18 196 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Bredene_fr.pdf · 122 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kelly Spillier
List: Vooruit · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 24/01/2026 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Alternatief24 / Vooruit
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Previous mandates (this term)
- Steve Vandenberghe from 03/12/2024 to 23/01/2026
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
- 18 057
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,6 %1 003 out of 18 057
2010 : 2,6 % · 2026 : 5,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 420 2,6 % 2011 419 2,6 % 2012 451 2,7 % 2013 470 2,8 % 2014 497 2,9 % 2015 557 3,2 % 2016 591 3,4 % 2017 663 3,8 % 2018 724 4,1 % 2019 791 4,4 % 2020 828 4,6 % 2021 794 4,4 % 2022 800 4,4 % 2023 886 4,9 % 2024 939 5,2 % 2025 1 038 5,7 % 2026 1 003 5,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(138)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,5 %(277)
- Non-EU273,3 %(588)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin83,4 %(15 052)
- Belgians of foreign origin11,1 %(2 002)
- Non-Belgians5,6 %(1 003)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years15,8 %(2 858)
- 18-64 years55,4 %(10 011)
- 65 and over28,7 %(5 188)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
14,3 km² · 1 272 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 822 €total net taxable income, 11 260 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: 8,959
- Registered: 14,400 · turnout 63.0 %
- Blank and void: 119 (1.3 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit | 3,363 | 37.5 % | 11 |
| Alternatief24 | 2,725 | 30.4 % | 8 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,831 | 20.4 % | 5 |
| Team Bredene | 781 | 8.7 % | 1 |
| GROEN Bredene | 223 | 2.5 % | 0 |
| V.I.T.A.L. | 36 | 0.4 % | 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 |
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| 1 265 | -7,3 % | 1 220 | |
| 238 | -5,2 % | 453 | |
| 196 | +38,0 % | - | |
| 124 | +14,8 % | 45 | |
| 97 | -5,8 % | 114 | |
| 95 | -21,5 % | 262 | |
| 65 | -11,0 % | 42 | |
| 63 | -21,3 % | 14 | |
| 63 | +40,0 % | 30 | |
| 58 | -14,7 % | 31 | |
| 57 | -35,2 % | 16 | |
| 53 | +55,9 % | 5 | |
| 33 | -15,4 % | 32 | |
| 29 | -65,9 % | 39 | |
| 26 | +62,5 % | 17 | |
| 24 | +4,3 % | - | |
| 12 | -60,0 % | 16 | |
| 11 | -21,4 % | 11 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | 4 | |
| 4 | -76,5 % | 23 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -78,6 % | 18 | |
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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
3 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten3