Municipality · NIS 34023 · closed 24/04/2026
Kuurne
652provisional
-19,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (814)
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
45,77 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 14 244 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Kuurne_fr.pdf · 117 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Francis Benoit
List: Burg+ · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Burg+ / N-VA
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
- 14 308
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 6,4 %910 out of 14 308
2010 : 3,3 % · 2026 : 6,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 423 3,3 % 2011 478 3,7 % 2012 536 4,1 % 2013 533 4,1 % 2014 539 4,1 % 2015 564 4,3 % 2016 596 4,5 % 2017 598 4,5 % 2018 644 4,8 % 2019 674 5,0 % 2020 725 5,3 % 2021 749 5,4 % 2022 797 5,7 % 2023 832 5,9 % 2024 873 6,2 % 2025 923 6,5 % 2026 910 6,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,6 %(93)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,6 %(225)
- Non-EU274,1 %(592)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin81,1 %(11 602)
- Belgians of foreign origin12,6 %(1 796)
- Non-Belgians6,4 %(910)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,7 %(2 965)
- 18-64 years57,0 %(8 156)
- 65 and over22,3 %(3 187)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
10,1 km² · 1 409 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 787 €total net taxable income, 8 077 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: 6,483
- Registered: 10,607 · turnout 62.3 %
- Blank and void: 128 (1.9 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burg+ | 3,517 | 54.2 % | 14 |
| N-VA | 1,372 | 21.2 % | 5 |
| Vooruit Groen | 902 | 13.9 % | 2 |
| NIEUW KUURNE | 692 | 10.7 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 652 | -19,9 % | 709 | |
| 152 | -15,1 % | 316 | |
| 95 | +9,2 % | - | |
| 74 | -34,5 % | 107 | |
| 62 | -30,3 % | 41 | |
| 45 | +7,1 % | 17 | |
| 43 | -41,9 % | 74 | |
| 37 | -36,2 % | 15 | |
| 25 | -19,4 % | 4 | |
| 23 | -11,5 % | 21 | |
| 15 | +15,4 % | 29 | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | 7 | |
| 12 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 12 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| 10 | -16,7 % | 24 | |
| 8 | -20,0 % | 12 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | -64,3 % | 6 | |
| 4 | -63,6 % | 2 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -87,5 % | 5 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | - | 9 | |
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| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
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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.
Documented perimeters
1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten1