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Municipality · NIS 34022 · closed 24/04/2026

Kortrijk

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7 252provisional

-11,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (8 162)

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

89,78 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 80 776 on 1/1/2025)

Source: West_Vlaanderen_Kortrijk_fr.pdf · 142 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Ruth Vandenberghe

    List: TeamBurgemStadslijst · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 06/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): TeamBurgemStadslijst / N-VA / 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
81 523

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
11,4 %9 261 out of 81 523
2010 : 5,7 % · 2026 : 11,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20104 2955,7 %
20114 3425,8 %
20124 6346,2 %
20134 5786,1 %
20144 5636,1 %
20154 7866,4 %
20165 1706,8 %
20175 5387,3 %
20186 0698,0 %
20196 3808,3 %
20206 7038,7 %
20216 9139,0 %
20227 5319,7 %
20238 39410,6 %
20248 82711,0 %
20259 08511,2 %
20269 26111,4 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,4 %(1 148)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,8 %(2 275)
  • Non-EU277,2 %(5 838)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin72,6 %(59 190)
  • Belgians of foreign origin16,0 %(13 072)
  • Non-Belgians11,4 %(9 261)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years19,5 %(15 860)
  • 18-64 years58,8 %(47 895)
  • 65 and over21,8 %(17 768)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

80,7 km² · 1 001 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

30 225 €total net taxable income, 47 313 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: 36,692
  • Registered: 58,013 · turnout 63.7 %
  • Blank and void: 258 (0.7 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
TeamBurgemStadslijst13,74637.5 %18
N-VA7,04219.2 %8
Vooruit6,08816.6 %7
VLAAMS BELANG5,45214.9 %6
GROEN2,3636.4 %2
PVDA1,3343.6 %0
Gezond Verstand6671.8 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
7 252-11,1 %7 824
2 398-7,9 %4 155
786-2,2 %191
626-4,6 %579
595+13,1 %-
507-11,4 %384
456-10,2 %992
255-30,9 %119
248-22,3 %129
234-25,2 %184
206-18,3 %142
201-40,9 %141
144-16,8 %104
138-33,7 %-
116-24,2 %122
90-32,8 %42
76+33,3 %67
61-23,8 %23
53-18,5 %18
44+2,3 %184
38-17,4 %20
26-3,7 %2
23+35,3 %56
18-41,9 %6
13-38,1 %9
11-42,1 %-
60,0 %8
6+500,0 %10
4-42,9 %4
4+100,0 %11
30,0 %-
1-66,7 %74
10,0 %2
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1-50,0 %11
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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

13 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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