Municipality · NIS 35005 · closed 24/04/2026
Gistel
546provisional
+14,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (479)
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
45,06 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 12 117 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Gistel_fr.pdf · 115 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Gauthier Defreyne
List: TEAM BURGEMEESTER · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): TEAM 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
- 12 098
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,3 %395 out of 12 098
2010 : 1,5 % · 2026 : 3,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 171 1,5 % 2011 200 1,7 % 2012 211 1,8 % 2013 210 1,8 % 2014 217 1,8 % 2015 249 2,1 % 2016 310 2,6 % 2017 345 2,9 % 2018 347 2,9 % 2019 399 3,3 % 2020 435 3,6 % 2021 424 3,5 % 2022 435 3,6 % 2023 468 3,8 % 2024 445 3,6 % 2025 428 3,5 % 2026 395 3,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,4 %(47)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,5 %(179)
- Non-EU271,4 %(169)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin89,7 %(10 846)
- Belgians of foreign origin7,1 %(857)
- Non-Belgians3,3 %(395)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,8 %(2 149)
- 18-64 years59,1 %(7 150)
- 65 and over23,1 %(2 799)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
42,8 km² · 283 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 403 €total net taxable income, 7 282 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: 6,361
- Registered: 9,572 · turnout 67.5 %
- Blank and void: 97 (1.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM BURGEMEESTER | 2,336 | 36.7 % | 10 |
| Samen Gistel | 1,970 | 31.0 % | 8 |
| Vooruit | 898 | 14.1 % | 3 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 580 | 9.1 % | 1 |
| N-VA | 577 | 9.1 % | 1 |
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
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| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 546 | +14,0 % | 745 | |
| 103 | +22,6 % | 311 | |
| 68 | +1,5 % | 101 | |
| 61 | +22,0 % | 104 | |
| 52 | +4,0 % | - | |
| 50 | +13,6 % | 49 | |
| 41 | +95,2 % | 2 | |
| 35 | +12,9 % | 21 | |
| 24 | +41,2 % | 24 | |
| 20 | +42,9 % | 7 | |
| 16 | 0,0 % | 19 | |
| 14 | +55,6 % | 3 | |
| 13 | -31,6 % | 23 | |
| 11 | +37,5 % | 3 | |
| 8 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 8 | -63,6 % | 25 | |
| 7 | +133,3 % | 23 | |
| 6 | +20,0 % | 6 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 6 | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | - | |
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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.