Municipality · NIS 33016 · closed 24/04/2026
Messines
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-15,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (69)
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
54,15 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 1 071 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Messines_fr.pdf · 86 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Sandy Evrard
List: MLM · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): MLM
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
- 1 068
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 14,9 %159 out of 1 068
2010 : 13,8 % · 2026 : 14,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 131 13,8 % 2011 133 14,1 % 2012 129 13,6 % 2013 135 13,8 % 2014 136 13,1 % 2015 136 13,1 % 2016 147 13,9 % 2017 141 13,4 % 2018 138 13,3 % 2019 137 12,9 % 2020 136 13,0 % 2021 144 13,7 % 2022 147 13,8 % 2023 145 13,5 % 2024 156 14,5 % 2025 151 14,1 % 2026 159 14,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*11,8 %(126)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,8 %(19)
- Non-EU271,3 %(14)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin67,2 %(718)
- Belgians of foreign origin17,9 %(191)
- Non-Belgians14,9 %(159)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years23,2 %(248)
- 18-64 years58,5 %(625)
- 65 and over18,3 %(195)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
3,6 km² · 298 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
27 285 €total net taxable income, 616 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: 568
- Registered: 712 · turnout 81.7 %
- Blank and void: 14 (2.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLM | 490 | 86.3 % | 9 |
| RESPECT! | 78 | 13.7 % | 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 |
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| 58 | -15,9 % | 59 | |
| 15 | -28,6 % | 17 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 6 | 0,0 % | 7 | |
| 5 | - | 1 | |
| 4 | -33,3 % | 15 | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | 4 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -66,7 % | - | |
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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.