Municipality · NIS 33029 · closed 24/04/2026
Wervik
1 263provisional
+13,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 116)
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
65,76 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 19 207 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Wervik_fr.pdf · 123 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Youro Casier
List: Vooruit · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 03/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / 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
- 19 234
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 10,0 %1 922 out of 19 234
2010 : 4,5 % · 2026 : 10,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 807 4,5 % 2011 898 4,9 % 2012 952 5,2 % 2013 977 5,3 % 2014 1 014 5,5 % 2015 1 026 5,6 % 2016 1 070 5,8 % 2017 1 130 6,0 % 2018 1 201 6,4 % 2019 1 280 6,8 % 2020 1 395 7,4 % 2021 1 517 8,0 % 2022 1 654 8,7 % 2023 1 802 9,4 % 2024 1 864 9,7 % 2025 1 915 10,0 % 2026 1 922 10,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*3,7 %(718)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,7 %(516)
- Non-EU273,6 %(688)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin75,1 %(14 438)
- Belgians of foreign origin14,9 %(2 874)
- Non-Belgians10,0 %(1 922)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,6 %(3 961)
- 18-64 years57,0 %(10 958)
- 65 and over22,4 %(4 315)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
43,8 km² · 439 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 024 €total net taxable income, 11 167 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: 8,719
- Registered: 13,859 · turnout 64.2 %
- Blank and void: 178 (2.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit | 2,365 | 27.1 % | 8 |
| cd&v | 1,826 | 20.9 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 1,570 | 18.0 % | 4 |
| Team 2030 | 1,551 | 17.8 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,407 | 16.1 % | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 263 | +13,2 % | 1 190 | |
| 230 | +7,0 % | 408 | |
| 160 | +55,3 % | - | |
| 123 | +18,3 % | 127 | |
| 109 | +21,1 % | 285 | |
| 104 | +16,9 % | 65 | |
| 94 | +10,6 % | 1 | |
| 80 | +15,9 % | 79 | |
| 72 | +12,5 % | 13 | |
| 60 | +17,6 % | 15 | |
| 52 | -3,7 % | 17 | |
| 29 | +61,1 % | 21 | |
| 22 | -43,6 % | 6 | |
| 21 | -43,2 % | 17 | |
| 18 | -18,2 % | 56 | |
| 16 | 0,0 % | 28 | |
| 15 | +25,0 % | 3 | |
| 15 | +25,0 % | 1 | |
| 13 | -40,9 % | - | |
| 8 | +33,3 % | 4 | |
| 7 | +133,3 % | 2 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 5 | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 6 | |
| 5 | -61,5 % | 4 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | 4 | |
| 1 | - | 3 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
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| - | - | 14 | |
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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
4 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten4