Municipality · NIS 31005 · closed 24/04/2026
Brugge
10 569provisional
+0,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (10 552)
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
87,87 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 120 283 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Brugge_fr.pdf · 146 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Dirk De fauw
List: cd&v l. burgemeester · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v l. burgemeester / 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
- 120 458
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,3 %11 260 out of 120 458
2010 : 3,3 % · 2026 : 9,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 3 823 3,3 % 2011 4 070 3,5 % 2012 4 444 3,8 % 2013 4 962 4,2 % 2014 4 911 4,2 % 2015 5 516 4,7 % 2016 5 878 5,0 % 2017 6 379 5,4 % 2018 6 932 5,9 % 2019 7 467 6,3 % 2020 8 015 6,8 % 2021 8 032 6,8 % 2022 8 267 7,0 % 2023 9 599 8,0 % 2024 10 278 8,6 % 2025 10 793 9,0 % 2026 11 260 9,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,3 %(1 518)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,0 %(3 660)
- Non-EU275,0 %(6 082)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin79,0 %(95 188)
- Belgians of foreign origin11,6 %(14 010)
- Non-Belgians9,3 %(11 260)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,0 %(19 232)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(70 416)
- 65 and over25,6 %(30 810)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
141,2 km² · 852 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 418 €total net taxable income, 75 477 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: 55,479
- Registered: 92,057 · turnout 60.6 %
- Blank and void: 277 (0.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v l. burgemeester | 21,299 | 38.4 % | 21 |
| Vooruit | 11,292 | 20.4 % | 10 |
| N-VA | 6,127 | 11.0 % | 5 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 5,818 | 10.5 % | 5 |
| GROEN | 4,671 | 8.4 % | 3 |
| VOORBRUGGE | 4,396 | 7.9 % | 3 |
| PVDA | 1,429 | 2.6 % | 0 |
| SVD Brugge | 297 | 0.5 % | 0 |
| Voor U | 150 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 569 | +0,2 % | 11 252 | |
| 2 917 | -2,2 % | 5 441 | |
| 1 065 | -1,2 % | 1 655 | |
| 1 008 | +30,2 % | - | |
| 959 | -1,8 % | 662 | |
| 893 | +11,1 % | 331 | |
| 739 | +3,4 % | 428 | |
| 701 | +1,4 % | 295 | |
| 466 | -18,1 % | 321 | |
| 368 | -22,2 % | 552 | |
| 352 | +2,6 % | 177 | |
| 326 | +34,2 % | - | |
| 245 | +14,0 % | 125 | |
| 141 | -2,8 % | 164 | |
| 140 | +0,7 % | 320 | |
| 116 | +1,8 % | 55 | |
| 113 | +2,7 % | 86 | |
| 106 | -13,1 % | 22 | |
| 56 | +7,7 % | 33 | |
| 50 | -3,8 % | 196 | |
| 38 | -11,6 % | 95 | |
| 24 | -42,9 % | 119 | |
| 15 | -21,1 % | 5 | |
| 11 | -47,6 % | 5 | |
| 8 | -11,1 % | 18 | |
| 8 | 0,0 % | 21 | |
| 5 | -28,6 % | 4 | |
| 5 | -37,5 % | - | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | 2 | |
| 5 | - | - | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 11 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 7 | |
| 2 | -71,4 % | 44 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 8 | |
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| - | - | 30 | |
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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 buurten1
- Wijkverbetering1