Municipality · NIS 31006 · closed 24/04/2026
Damme
353provisional
-14,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (413)
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
31,3 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 11 278 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Damme_fr.pdf · 106 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Joachim Coens
List: cd&v plus · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v plus
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
- 11 321
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,9 %559 out of 11 321
2010 : 1,7 % · 2026 : 4,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 184 1,7 % 2011 180 1,7 % 2012 180 1,7 % 2013 195 1,8 % 2014 213 2,0 % 2015 214 2,0 % 2016 240 2,2 % 2017 261 2,4 % 2018 296 2,7 % 2019 306 2,8 % 2020 340 3,1 % 2021 327 3,0 % 2022 356 3,2 % 2023 489 4,4 % 2024 482 4,3 % 2025 514 4,6 % 2026 559 4,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,3 %(146)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,4 %(161)
- Non-EU272,2 %(252)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,9 %(10 067)
- Belgians of foreign origin6,1 %(695)
- Non-Belgians4,9 %(559)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,3 %(1 962)
- 18-64 years55,8 %(6 318)
- 65 and over26,9 %(3 041)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
90,4 km² · 125 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 467 €total net taxable income, 6 705 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: 5,555
- Registered: 8,887 · turnout 63.2 %
- Blank and void: 64 (1.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v plus | 3,262 | 58.7 % | 15 |
| N-VA | 1,021 | 18.4 % | 4 |
| de Damse belangen | 556 | 10.0 % | 1 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 484 | 8.7 % | 1 |
| GROEN | 232 | 4.2 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 353 | -14,5 % | 489 | |
| 93 | -8,8 % | 143 | |
| 61 | +38,6 % | - | |
| 29 | -6,5 % | 31 | |
| 28 | -24,3 % | 36 | |
| 24 | -7,7 % | 18 | |
| 24 | -31,4 % | 81 | |
| 20 | +42,9 % | 14 | |
| 15 | -34,8 % | - | |
| 8 | -46,7 % | 80 | |
| 8 | -46,7 % | 15 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | - | |
| 7 | -50,0 % | 4 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | 5 | |
| 6 | -60,0 % | 6 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 4 | -66,7 % | 6 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 7 | |
| 2 | -71,4 % | 3 | |
| 1 | - | 6 | |
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| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
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| 1 | -75,0 % | 31 | |
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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.