Municipality · NIS 34013 · closed 24/04/2026
Harelbeke
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1 688provisional
-0,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 703)
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
55,69 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 30 311 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Harelbeke_fr.pdf · 131 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Michaël Vannieuwenhuyze
List: team harelbeke · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 06/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): team harelbeke
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
- 30 605
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,1 %2 774 out of 30 605
2010 : 2,2 % · 2026 : 9,1 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 588 2,2 % 2011 677 2,5 % 2012 786 2,9 % 2013 897 3,3 % 2014 973 3,6 % 2015 1 037 3,8 % 2016 1 160 4,2 % 2017 1 351 4,9 % 2018 1 485 5,3 % 2019 1 627 5,8 % 2020 1 772 6,2 % 2021 1 865 6,5 % 2022 2 024 7,0 % 2023 2 375 8,0 % 2024 2 552 8,5 % 2025 2 713 9,0 % 2026 2 774 9,1 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(259)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,2 %(978)
- Non-EU275,0 %(1 537)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin78,1 %(23 889)
- Belgians of foreign origin12,9 %(3 942)
- Non-Belgians9,1 %(2 774)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,3 %(5 905)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(17 906)
- 65 and over22,2 %(6 794)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
29,4 km² · 1 031 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 803 €total net taxable income, 17 457 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: 14,182
- Registered: 22,391 · turnout 64.1 %
- Blank and void: 178 (1.2 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| team harelbeke | 7,411 | 52.3 % | 17 |
| Vooruit-Groen | 3,704 | 26.1 % | 7 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,746 | 12.3 % | 3 |
| N-VA | 1,321 | 9.3 % | 2 |
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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| 1 688 | -0,9 % | 1 572 | |
| 350 | -7,4 % | 676 | |
| 186 | -10,1 % | 77 | |
| 165 | +2,5 % | 208 | |
| 160 | +158,1 % | - | |
| 134 | -16,8 % | 120 | |
| 120 | -23,6 % | 7 | |
| 106 | +10,4 % | 63 | |
| 104 | -4,6 % | 49 | |
| 65 | -11,0 % | 2 | |
| 45 | +80,0 % | 14 | |
| 43 | -6,5 % | 48 | |
| 36 | -16,3 % | 17 | |
| 29 | -34,1 % | 45 | |
| 25 | -35,9 % | 44 | |
| 22 | +83,3 % | 10 | |
| 17 | +13,3 % | 28 | |
| 15 | -25,0 % | 96 | |
| 14 | -12,5 % | 20 | |
| 12 | +20,0 % | 2 | |
| 12 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 11 | +175,0 % | 1 | |
| 8 | -27,3 % | 1 | |
| 7 | +75,0 % | 7 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 16 | |
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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
1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten1