Municipality · NIS 33040 · closed 24/04/2026
Langemark-Poelkapelle
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293provisional
+22,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (240)
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
35,72 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 8 202 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Langemark_Poelkapelle_fr.pdf · 111 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Lieven Vanbelleghem
List: RESPECT · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): RESPECT
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
- 8 258
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,1 %421 out of 8 258
2010 : 1,0 % · 2026 : 5,1 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 75 1,0 % 2011 114 1,5 % 2012 167 2,1 % 2013 218 2,7 % 2014 217 2,7 % 2015 225 2,8 % 2016 224 2,8 % 2017 245 3,1 % 2018 298 3,8 % 2019 268 3,4 % 2020 293 3,7 % 2021 301 3,8 % 2022 308 3,9 % 2023 366 4,6 % 2024 377 4,7 % 2025 406 5,0 % 2026 421 5,1 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,5 %(43)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,5 %(204)
- Non-EU272,1 %(174)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin89,5 %(7 391)
- Belgians of foreign origin5,4 %(446)
- Non-Belgians5,1 %(421)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,0 %(1 651)
- 18-64 years59,1 %(4 879)
- 65 and over20,9 %(1 728)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
53,1 km² · 155 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 428 €total net taxable income, 4 671 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: 4,284
- Registered: 6,250 · turnout 70.0 %
- Blank and void: 90 (2.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESPECT | 2,425 | 56.6 % | 11 |
| Team Nieuw Bestuur | 1,859 | 43.4 % | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | +22,1 % | 317 | |
| 47 | +11,9 % | 128 | |
| 32 | +3,2 % | 9 | |
| 32 | +52,4 % | - | |
| 28 | +64,7 % | 10 | |
| 28 | +40,0 % | 35 | |
| 27 | +42,1 % | 38 | |
| 13 | -7,1 % | 16 | |
| 12 | +50,0 % | 8 | |
| 11 | 0,0 % | 14 | |
| 11 | +37,5 % | 3 | |
| 10 | +66,7 % | 6 | |
| 7 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | -16,7 % | 19 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | - | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 8 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | 2 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
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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