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Municipality · NIS 31043 · closed 24/04/2026

Knokke-Heist

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2 982provisional

+6,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 800)

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

91,99 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 32 415 on 1/1/2025)

Source: West_Vlaanderen_Knokke_Heist_fr.pdf · 133 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Cathy Coudyser

    List: INZICHT: N-VA.CD&V · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): INZICHT: N-VA.CD&V / JA! (Piet De Groote)

    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
32 163

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
9,8 %3 144 out of 32 163
2010 : 4,5 % · 2026 : 9,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20101 5324,5 %
20111 7445,1 %
20121 9005,6 %
20132 0166,0 %
20142 0516,1 %
20152 1996,6 %
20162 3197,0 %
20172 4117,3 %
20182 5877,8 %
20192 7188,2 %
20202 7478,3 %
20212 7978,5 %
20222 8308,6 %
20233 0349,3 %
20243 0239,3 %
20253 1079,6 %
20263 1449,8 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,9 %(620)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries5,2 %(1 665)
  • Non-EU272,7 %(859)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin80,7 %(25 971)
  • Belgians of foreign origin9,5 %(3 048)
  • Non-Belgians9,8 %(3 144)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years10,5 %(3 374)
  • 18-64 years50,1 %(16 099)
  • 65 and over39,5 %(12 690)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

61,7 km² · 525 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

30 679 €total net taxable income, 21 734 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: 15,872
  • Registered: 26,400 · turnout 60.4 %
  • Blank and void: 65 (0.4 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
INZICHT: N-VA.CD&V5,43634.2 %12
Gemeentebelangen4,37127.5 %9
JA! (Piet De Groote)4,29727.1 %9
VLAAMS BELANG1,1197.1 %1
Vooruit - Groen5933.7 %0
OUMANIVE560.4 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
2 982+6,5 %4 354
753+3,4 %1 714
366+61,9 %-
346-28,1 %-
276-2,1 %272
273+8,3 %110
259+7,0 %199
255-0,8 %573
216+38,5 %490
111+30,6 %4
99+6,5 %33
67-19,3 %72
66-23,3 %174
57+7,5 %33
39-17,0 %38
32-20,0 %56
27-6,9 %23
12-25,0 %38
12-14,3 %60
12-63,6 %69
10+100,0 %1
9-76,3 %56
7--
5-72,2 %-
4+33,3 %17
3+50,0 %2
3-50,0 %6
2-2
2-6
1-66,7 %1
10,0 %-
1-4
1-1
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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.