Municipality · NIS 37021 · closed 24/04/2026
Wingene
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617provisional
-17,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (747)
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
29,69 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 20 781 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Wingene_fr.pdf · 114 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Lieven Huys
List: cd&v wzr-rkd · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 03/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v wzr-rkd
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Planned change according to the source: Brecht Warnez from 01/06/2028.
Previous mandates (this term)
- Brecht Warnez from 02/01/2025 to 03/01/2025
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
- 20 919
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,0 %1 047 out of 20 919
2025 : 4,9 % · 2026 : 5,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2025 1 018 4,9 % 2026 1 047 5,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2025-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,5 %(98)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,0 %(628)
- Non-EU271,5 %(321)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin90,9 %(19 010)
- Belgians of foreign origin4,1 %(862)
- Non-Belgians5,0 %(1 047)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,0 %(3 969)
- 18-64 years59,6 %(12 470)
- 65 and over21,4 %(4 480)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
99,2 km² · 210 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
Not published for this municipality code (municipality merged in 2025: 2023 income published for the former municipalities).
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: 10,586
- Registered: 16,006 · turnout 67.4 %
- Blank and void: 201 (1.9 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v wzr-rkd | 7,092 | 67.0 % | 19 |
| N-VA RESPECT BURG-BL | 3,494 | 33.0 % | 8 |
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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| 617 | -17,4 % | 445 | |
| 128 | +40,7 % | - | |
| 108 | -20,6 % | 155 | |
| 60 | -18,9 % | 24 | |
| 58 | +9,4 % | 61 | |
| 55 | +17,0 % | 72 | |
| 53 | -18,5 % | 31 | |
| 35 | -39,7 % | 8 | |
| 25 | -28,6 % | 7 | |
| 18 | -72,3 % | 11 | |
| 17 | +13,3 % | - | |
| 16 | -15,8 % | - | |
| 16 | -23,8 % | 15 | |
| 15 | -11,8 % | 5 | |
| 6 | -45,5 % | 3 | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | -61,5 % | 6 | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | 3 | |
| 4 | -66,7 % | 17 | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | 4 | |
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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.