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Municipality · NIS 34040 · closed 24/04/2026

Waregem

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2 021provisional

-3,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 084)

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

49,98 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 40 436 on 1/1/2025)

Source: West_Vlaanderen_Waregem_fr.pdf · 132 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Kristof Chanterie

    List: cd&v Waregem · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v Waregem

    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
40 737

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
8,5 %3 474 out of 40 737
2010 : 2,2 % · 2026 : 8,5 %
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20108152,2 %
20119332,5 %
20121 0702,9 %
20131 2223,3 %
20141 3613,7 %
20151 5344,1 %
20161 6554,4 %
20171 7884,7 %
20181 9605,1 %
20192 0645,4 %
20202 1905,7 %
20212 4016,2 %
20222 6666,8 %
20233 0317,7 %
20243 3168,3 %
20253 4508,5 %
20263 4748,5 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(310)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,8 %(1 564)
  • Non-EU273,9 %(1 600)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin80,2 %(32 681)
  • Belgians of foreign origin11,2 %(4 582)
  • Non-Belgians8,5 %(3 474)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years18,4 %(7 478)
  • 18-64 years58,1 %(23 673)
  • 65 and over23,5 %(9 586)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

44,5 km² · 909 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

32 441 €total net taxable income, 23 836 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: 19,491
  • Registered: 30,369 · turnout 65.0 %
  • Blank and void: 239 (1.2 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
cd&v Waregem8,78645.1 %18
N-VA3,60918.5 %6
VLAAMS BELANG2,71113.9 %4
GROEN1,8219.3 %3
TEAM WAREGEM1,8149.3 %2
Vooruit7503.8 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
2 021-3,0 %1 934
517-8,8 %1 033
240+36,4 %-
181-14,6 %85
172-4,4 %147
170-1,7 %254
164-18,4 %24
96-11,9 %49
91-4,2 %10
52-10,3 %51
44+22,2 %12
43+19,4 %35
41+70,8 %-
37+8,8 %20
29-12,1 %25
27+50,0 %53
26-21,2 %11
21-30,0 %62
180,0 %10
17+41,7 %-
17+13,3 %2
8+60,0 %2
7+75,0 %-
4-69,2 %2
4+100,0 %3
3-25,0 %1
3+200,0 %2
20,0 %-
2+100,0 %5
1-50,0 %-
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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).

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