Municipality · NIS 34041 · closed 24/04/2026
Wevelgem
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1 369provisional
+0,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 361)
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
42,86 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 31 940 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Wevelgem_fr.pdf · 127 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jan Seynhaeve
List: CD&V 8560 · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): CD&V 8560
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
- 32 089
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 4,9 %1 588 out of 32 089
2010 : 1,6 % · 2026 : 4,9 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 499 1,6 % 2011 500 1,6 % 2012 565 1,8 % 2013 604 1,9 % 2014 646 2,1 % 2015 711 2,3 % 2016 785 2,5 % 2017 895 2,8 % 2018 942 3,0 % 2019 1 042 3,3 % 2020 1 138 3,6 % 2021 1 224 3,9 % 2022 1 242 3,9 % 2023 1 408 4,4 % 2024 1 464 4,6 % 2025 1 560 4,9 % 2026 1 588 4,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,7 %(232)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,3 %(408)
- Non-EU273,0 %(948)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin85,8 %(27 541)
- Belgians of foreign origin9,2 %(2 960)
- Non-Belgians4,9 %(1 588)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,4 %(6 225)
- 18-64 years57,4 %(18 406)
- 65 and over23,2 %(7 458)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
39,1 km² · 816 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 411 €total net taxable income, 18 436 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: 15,374
- Registered: 24,565 · turnout 63.5 %
- Blank and void: 224 (1.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD&V 8560 | 7,614 | 49.5 % | 18 |
| N-VA | 2,910 | 18.9 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,776 | 11.6 % | 3 |
| Vooruit | 1,429 | 9.3 % | 2 |
| Meer dan GROEN | 1,221 | 7.9 % | 2 |
| Voor 8560 | 378 | 2.5 % | 0 |
| SVD | 46 | 0.3 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 369 | +0,6 % | 1 346 | |
| 328 | -4,1 % | 740 | |
| 229 | +33,9 % | - | |
| 193 | +14,9 % | 70 | |
| 99 | -18,2 % | 28 | |
| 96 | -6,8 % | 130 | |
| 90 | -15,1 % | 80 | |
| 61 | -6,2 % | - | |
| 61 | -6,2 % | 25 | |
| 52 | +73,3 % | 132 | |
| 38 | +81,0 % | 2 | |
| 32 | -30,4 % | 51 | |
| 26 | 0,0 % | 9 | |
| 24 | +60,0 % | 21 | |
| 18 | -43,8 % | 3 | |
| 17 | +6,3 % | 13 | |
| 13 | +160,0 % | 4 | |
| 13 | -45,8 % | 4 | |
| 9 | -69,0 % | 7 | |
| 9 | -55,0 % | - | |
| 6 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 3 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 12 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
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| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 |
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.