Municipality · NIS 34043 · closed 24/04/2026
Espierres-Helchin
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119provisional
+0,8 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (118)
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
57,96 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 2 053 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Espierres_Helchin_fr.pdf · 96 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Mathias Goos
List: PRO8587 · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): PRO8587
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
- 2 051
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 8,8 %180 out of 2 051
2010 : 4,8 % · 2026 : 8,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 102 4,8 % 2011 111 5,2 % 2012 108 5,1 % 2013 111 5,2 % 2014 114 5,4 % 2015 132 6,1 % 2016 148 6,9 % 2017 166 7,7 % 2018 146 7,0 % 2019 150 7,3 % 2020 162 7,8 % 2021 169 8,1 % 2022 182 8,9 % 2023 178 8,7 % 2024 189 9,2 % 2025 183 8,9 % 2026 180 8,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*6,0 %(124)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,0 %(20)
- Non-EU271,8 %(36)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin74,7 %(1 533)
- Belgians of foreign origin16,5 %(338)
- Non-Belgians8,8 %(180)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,7 %(404)
- 18-64 years61,5 %(1 261)
- 65 and over18,8 %(386)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
10,8 km² · 190 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
28 863 €total net taxable income, 1 210 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: 1,001
- Registered: 1,496 · turnout 68.9 %
- Blank and void: 30 (2.9 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRO8587 | 868 | 86.7 % | 11 |
| HORIZON 8587 | 118 | 11.8 % | 0 |
| VDV | 15 | 1.5 % | 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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| 119 | +0,8 % | 158 | |
| 29 | +3,6 % | 55 | |
| 20 | +122,2 % | - | |
| 13 | +30,0 % | 19 | |
| 13 | -7,1 % | 8 | |
| 11 | -21,4 % | 9 | |
| 6 | -25,0 % | - | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 11 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 6 | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | 5 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 19 | |
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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.