Municipality · NIS 32011 · closed 24/04/2026
Kortemark
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474provisional
-12,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (544)
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
36,8 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 12 882 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Kortemark_fr.pdf · 109 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Karolien Damman
List: cd&v Kortemark · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v Kortemark / ZEKER 8610
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
- 13 084
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,2 %422 out of 13 084
2010 : 0,6 % · 2026 : 3,2 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 74 0,6 % 2011 104 0,9 % 2012 137 1,1 % 2013 153 1,2 % 2014 188 1,5 % 2015 214 1,7 % 2016 208 1,7 % 2017 235 1,9 % 2018 276 2,2 % 2019 274 2,2 % 2020 281 2,2 % 2021 283 2,2 % 2022 306 2,4 % 2023 318 2,5 % 2024 337 2,6 % 2025 382 3,0 % 2026 422 3,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,3 %(39)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,9 %(247)
- Non-EU271,0 %(136)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin92,5 %(12 097)
- Belgians of foreign origin4,3 %(565)
- Non-Belgians3,2 %(422)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,8 %(2 585)
- 18-64 years57,1 %(7 473)
- 65 and over23,1 %(3 026)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
55,4 km² · 232 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 254 €total net taxable income, 7 424 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: 6,737
- Registered: 10,026 · turnout 68.4 %
- Blank and void: 118 (1.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v Kortemark | 2,681 | 39.8 % | 11 |
| ZEKER 8610 | 2,220 | 33.0 % | 9 |
| CONTENT | 656 | 9.7 % | 1 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 473 | 7.0 % | 1 |
| EERLIJK & BEZORGD | 451 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| N-VA | 256 | 3.8 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 474 | -12,9 % | 462 | |
| 71 | -34,9 % | 174 | |
| 68 | +36,0 % | 19 | |
| 53 | 0,0 % | 77 | |
| 49 | +8,9 % | - | |
| 43 | +10,3 % | 18 | |
| 40 | -34,4 % | 31 | |
| 32 | -8,6 % | 2 | |
| 26 | -31,6 % | 9 | |
| 21 | +5,0 % | 23 | |
| 14 | -36,4 % | - | |
| 10 | -16,7 % | 39 | |
| 10 | +66,7 % | 1 | |
| 9 | -43,8 % | 6 | |
| 9 | -43,8 % | 17 | |
| 8 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 6 | +20,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | +66,7 % | 2 | |
| 4 | -63,6 % | 16 | |
| 3 | - | - | |
| 3 | -57,1 % | 2 | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | - | |
| 1 | -80,0 % | 3 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 6 | |
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| - | - | 7 |
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.