Municipality · NIS 33021 · closed 24/04/2026
Poperinge
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1 054provisional
+3,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 016)
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
52,8 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 19 962 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Poperinge_fr.pdf · 122 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Christof Dejaegher
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 / Samen Vooruit
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
- 19 890
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,0 %789 out of 19 890
2010 : 1,9 % · 2026 : 4,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 386 1,9 % 2011 406 2,0 % 2012 422 2,1 % 2013 414 2,1 % 2014 437 2,2 % 2015 473 2,4 % 2016 491 2,5 % 2017 494 2,5 % 2018 546 2,8 % 2019 586 3,0 % 2020 624 3,2 % 2021 633 3,2 % 2022 691 3,5 % 2023 796 4,0 % 2024 788 4,0 % 2025 779 3,9 % 2026 789 4,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,2 %(239)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,2 %(238)
- Non-EU271,6 %(312)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,5 %(17 608)
- Belgians of foreign origin7,5 %(1 493)
- Non-Belgians4,0 %(789)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,0 %(3 588)
- 18-64 years56,7 %(11 283)
- 65 and over25,2 %(5 019)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
120,4 km² · 166 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
29 780 €total net taxable income, 11 917 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: 10,026
- Registered: 15,479 · turnout 65.8 %
- Blank and void: 154 (1.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 4,781 | 47.7 % | 14 |
| Samen Vooruit | 2,131 | 21.3 % | 6 |
| Bewust | 1,518 | 15.1 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 854 | 8.5 % | 1 |
| N-VA | 475 | 4.7 % | 0 |
| GROEN | 267 | 2.7 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 054 | +3,7 % | 991 | |
| 175 | -4,4 % | 360 | |
| 158 | +46,3 % | - | |
| 115 | +33,7 % | 137 | |
| 95 | +13,1 % | 71 | |
| 84 | -35,9 % | 161 | |
| 79 | +19,7 % | 77 | |
| 59 | +13,5 % | 13 | |
| 44 | -4,3 % | 8 | |
| 31 | -18,4 % | 32 | |
| 30 | +7,1 % | 8 | |
| 30 | +30,4 % | 1 | |
| 25 | +25,0 % | 15 | |
| 21 | +10,5 % | 5 | |
| 16 | 0,0 % | 13 | |
| 15 | -16,7 % | 11 | |
| 14 | -50,0 % | 26 | |
| 13 | +30,0 % | 16 | |
| 13 | +8,3 % | 1 | |
| 11 | -26,7 % | 3 | |
| 11 | 0,0 % | 13 | |
| 6 | -62,5 % | - | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 5 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
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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