Municipality · NIS 37011 · closed 24/04/2026
Pittem
258provisional
+12,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (230)
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
37,01 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 6 971 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Pittem_fr.pdf · 100 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Denis Fraeyman
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): 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
- 7 003
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,5 %317 out of 7 003
2010 : 2,5 % · 2026 : 4,5 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 165 2,5 % 2011 157 2,3 % 2012 165 2,4 % 2013 201 3,0 % 2014 205 3,0 % 2015 220 3,2 % 2016 211 3,1 % 2017 220 3,3 % 2018 252 3,7 % 2019 258 3,8 % 2020 272 4,0 % 2021 286 4,2 % 2022 288 4,2 % 2023 342 5,0 % 2024 338 4,9 % 2025 342 4,9 % 2026 317 4,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,4 %(31)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,6 %(181)
- Non-EU271,5 %(105)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin91,3 %(6 397)
- Belgians of foreign origin4,1 %(289)
- Non-Belgians4,5 %(317)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,0 %(1 332)
- 18-64 years57,7 %(4 044)
- 65 and over23,2 %(1 627)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
34,7 km² · 201 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 861 €total net taxable income, 4 054 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: 3,837
- Registered: 5,380 · turnout 72.5 %
- Blank and void: 64 (1.6 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 2,263 | 59.0 % | 11 |
| NPE | 1,488 | 38.8 % | 6 |
| N-VA | 86 | 2.2 % | 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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| 258 | +12,2 % | 172 | |
| 58 | +262,5 % | - | |
| 55 | +5,8 % | 89 | |
| 29 | +3,6 % | 15 | |
| 22 | +57,1 % | 16 | |
| 21 | -25,0 % | 13 | |
| 12 | -20,0 % | - | |
| 12 | +200,0 % | 6 | |
| 11 | -8,3 % | 7 | |
| 8 | +60,0 % | 5 | |
| 8 | -11,1 % | - | |
| 6 | -33,3 % | 8 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | -62,5 % | - | |
| 3 | -62,5 % | 2 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 2 | |
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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