Municipality · NIS 34027 · closed 24/04/2026
Menen
2 421provisional
-7,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 610)
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
70,0 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 34 585 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Menen_fr.pdf · 135 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kasper Vandecasteele
List: VOOR 8930 · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 01/09/2026 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): VOOR 8930 / cd&v
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Previous mandates (this term)
- Eddy Lust from 04/12/2024 to 01/09/2026
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
- 34 640
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 14,6 %5 056 out of 34 640
2010 : 7,7 % · 2026 : 14,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 2 493 7,7 % 2011 2 616 8,0 % 2012 2 748 8,4 % 2013 2 783 8,5 % 2014 2 975 9,0 % 2015 3 064 9,3 % 2016 3 235 9,8 % 2017 3 525 10,6 % 2018 3 660 11,0 % 2019 3 882 11,6 % 2020 4 167 12,4 % 2021 4 338 12,9 % 2022 4 492 13,2 % 2023 4 704 13,7 % 2024 4 864 14,1 % 2025 5 047 14,6 % 2026 5 056 14,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*4,8 %(1 680)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,1 %(1 078)
- Non-EU276,6 %(2 298)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin66,0 %(22 859)
- Belgians of foreign origin19,4 %(6 725)
- Non-Belgians14,6 %(5 056)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years21,0 %(7 291)
- 18-64 years57,3 %(19 836)
- 65 and over21,7 %(7 513)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
33,2 km² · 1 043 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
28 688 €total net taxable income, 20 254 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: 12,923
- Registered: 23,689 · turnout 56.0 %
- Blank and void: 338 (2.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOOR 8930 | 4,137 | 32.0 % | 11 |
| N-VA | 2,850 | 22.1 % | 7 |
| cd&v | 2,693 | 20.8 % | 7 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 2,179 | 16.9 % | 5 |
| GROEN | 878 | 6.8 % | 1 |
| Stadslijst 8930 | 186 | 1.4 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 421 | -7,2 % | 2 990 | |
| 661 | -20,3 % | 1 397 | |
| 280 | +39,3 % | - | |
| 246 | +5,6 % | 125 | |
| 219 | -3,5 % | 323 | |
| 200 | -4,8 % | 200 | |
| 178 | -29,1 % | 342 | |
| 121 | +44,0 % | 72 | |
| 103 | +33,8 % | - | |
| 80 | +14,3 % | 71 | |
| 65 | -13,3 % | 35 | |
| 62 | +47,6 % | 56 | |
| 45 | -15,1 % | 27 | |
| 37 | -41,3 % | 42 | |
| 36 | -25,0 % | 6 | |
| 35 | -41,7 % | 31 | |
| 34 | +30,8 % | 37 | |
| 33 | -19,5 % | 62 | |
| 30 | +36,4 % | 15 | |
| 11 | -63,3 % | 1 | |
| 10 | +100,0 % | 5 | |
| 9 | +800,0 % | 3 | |
| 8 | +166,7 % | 18 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 4 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 1 | - | 3 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -95,0 % | 55 | |
| - | - | 54 | |
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| - | - | 1 |
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
12 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten12