Municipality · NIS 36011 · closed 24/04/2026
Lichtervelde
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402provisional
+21,8 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (330)
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
42,6 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 9 437 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Lichtervelde_fr.pdf · 110 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Ria Pattyn
List: Resp&ct 8810 - CD&V · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Resp&ct 8810 - CD&V
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
- 9 450
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,9 %372 out of 9 450
2010 : 1,3 % · 2026 : 3,9 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 111 1,3 % 2011 104 1,2 % 2012 131 1,5 % 2013 122 1,4 % 2014 142 1,6 % 2015 131 1,5 % 2016 140 1,6 % 2017 167 1,9 % 2018 175 2,0 % 2019 194 2,2 % 2020 222 2,5 % 2021 231 2,6 % 2022 249 2,8 % 2023 312 3,4 % 2024 319 3,4 % 2025 362 3,8 % 2026 372 3,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,4 %(39)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,7 %(159)
- Non-EU271,8 %(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 origin91,6 %(8 658)
- Belgians of foreign origin4,4 %(420)
- Non-Belgians3,9 %(372)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,0 %(1 793)
- 18-64 years59,4 %(5 613)
- 65 and over21,6 %(2 044)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
26,2 km² · 361 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 808 €total net taxable income, 5 429 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: 4,849
- Registered: 7,333 · turnout 67.3 %
- Blank and void: 88 (1.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resp&ct 8810 - CD&V | 2,915 | 60.1 % | 13 |
| DURF | 1,934 | 39.9 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | +21,8 % | 574 | |
| 107 | +15,1 % | 313 | |
| 91 | +145,9 % | - | |
| 35 | -16,7 % | 30 | |
| 35 | +52,2 % | 36 | |
| 24 | -20,0 % | 76 | |
| 15 | +66,7 % | - | |
| 15 | +87,5 % | 8 | |
| 14 | 0,0 % | 11 | |
| 11 | +10,0 % | 17 | |
| 11 | +57,1 % | 18 | |
| 7 | -36,4 % | 3 | |
| 7 | -46,2 % | 8 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | 5 | |
| 6 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 6 | +20,0 % | 13 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | -57,1 % | 11 | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 2 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
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| 1 | -50,0 % | 7 | |
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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.