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Living in Langemark-Poelkapelle

In Langemark-Poelkapelle, the median rent tenants pay is €725 a month (2025).

Langemark-Poelkapelle had 8,258 residents at the start of 2026 and is a city in Belgium. The city covered 53.1 km² in 2025. Population density was 155.6 people per km² in 2026. The unemployment rate was 3.52% at the start of 2011. For Langemark-Poelkapelle, the foreign population was 421 at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2432 sources

Population8,258people1 Jan 2026Official source · Belgium official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)3,711EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022
Median rent725EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50
Unemployment rate3.52%country median 5.3% — 34% belowIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011
Recorded crime3,548offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 31% belowIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025
PM2.5, annual mean8.33µg/m³country median 7.4 — 13% aboveOfficial source · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31

Lower unemployment than 77% of Belgian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 89% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 74% of Belgian cities that publish it.

Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Langemark-Poelkapelle?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in BelgiumNational rates and thresholds that apply in Langemark-Poelkapelle.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Langemark-Poelkapelle recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€62
Internet, 60 Mbps€60
Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited59.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Internet Go12Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Mobile Maxi13Official · national market
Monthly transport pass62 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn10Official
Dwellings3,262 dwellings1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units17Official
Main residence dwellings3,260 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)16Official
Median monthly rent725 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official

Is Langemark-Poelkapelle a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%
Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–74%
Student42%strong on cost, weak on education · range 32–52%
Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–65%
Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 47–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (January 2011).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.52 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201125
Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Langemark-Poelkapelle is 3.5%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings4,028 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202214Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability96.03 %Jun 2025BIPT/IBPT fixed broadband Atlas municipality row: H_rate_1000 is the share of households with access to fixed broadband at a maximum attainable speed of at least 1,000 Mbps; availability, not subscribed plan or measured speed. H_1000 is the covered-household count and total_households is the denominator.3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,711 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202215Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.52 %country median 5.3%1 Jan 2011Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201125Independent

What does a salary buy in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,711 (Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,590of €2,487 take-home
  • Rent
  • Transport
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.€2,487
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50 · 2025-12-31− €725
Public transport pass€62 · official · Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn · 2026-09-30− €62
Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city—
Internet€60 · official · Proximus Internet Go · 2026-09-30− €60
Mobile plan€50 · official · Proximus Mobile Maxi · 2026-09-30− €50
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish€1,590
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Langemark-Poelkapelle Salary needed to live in Langemark-Poelkapelle

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Langemark-Poelkapelle. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Le Forem — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Langemark-Poelkapelle. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Langemark-Poelkapelle?

Police recorded about 3,548 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 3,548 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202522
Recorded crime across major citiesLangemark-Poelkapelle highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Langemark-Poelkapelle highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Brussels24,104
Liège17,918
Charleroi14,026
Leuven12,730
Ghent12,110
Anderlecht11,116
Schaerbeek10,141
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean10,075
Hasselt9,031
Namur8,912
Brugge8,780
Langemark-Poelkapelle3,548
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,548 offences per 100,000country median 5,16731 Dec 2025Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202522Independent

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 8.33 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 8.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.33 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-319
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in BelgiumAnnual PM2.5 in Langemark-Poelkapelle is 8.3 µg/m³. Of 442 cities with data, 142 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean8.1 µg/m³country median 9.031 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-317Official
PM10 — annual mean14.36 µg/m³country median 13.131 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 13019; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-318Official
PM2.5 — annual mean8.33 µg/m³country median 7.431 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-319Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The published population was 8,258 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source2

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area53.06 km²1 Jan 2025Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.4Official
Foreign residents421 people1 Jan 2026Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.5Official
Population density155.6 people/km²1 Jan 2026Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.6Official
Population8,258 people1 Jan 2026Belgium official denominator source2Official

International community in Langemark-Poelkapelle

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Total population7,843100.0%
Born in Belgium7,45895.1%
Born in another EU member state2473.1%
Born in a non-EU country1301.7%
Not indicated80.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21

Citizenship

All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Total population7,843100.0%
Belgian nationality7,54296.2%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state2192.8%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country600.8%
Not indicated220.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Ancestry or ethnicity

All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication · 2021-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Total Belgian with foreign origin3284.2%
Total population7,843100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium7,45895.1%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total7,21492.0%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium7,18091.5%
Total population — born outside Belgium3854.9%
Non-Belgian — total3013.8%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium2673.4%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium2443.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total1982.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium1912.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total1171.5%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium841.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium761.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium410.5%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium340.4%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium340.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total130.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium120.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium70.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad4.81 %1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace18Official
Median age43 years31 Dec 2026Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 202611Official

Alternatives for people set on Langemark-Poelkapelle

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Staden as a Langemark-Poelkapelle alternative in the same region

10 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 1.8% Staden vs 3.5% Langemark-Poelkapelle−50%
  • Residents: 11,759 Staden vs 8,258 Langemark-Poelkapelle+42%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,461 Staden vs 3,548 Langemark-Poelkapellesame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.4 µg/m³ Staden vs 8.3 µg/m³ Langemark-Poelkapellesame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Staden vs €3,711 Langemark-Poelkapellesame level
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Cities near Langemark-Poelkapelle

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Zonnebeke 6.9 km away
Rent
770 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Ieper 7.2 km away
Rent
710 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Houthulst 7.6 km away
Rent
787.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Staden 9.6 km away
Rent
760 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Moorslede 10.5 km away
Rent
797.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Hooglede 13.5 km away
Rent
730 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Diksmuide 13.7 km away
Rent
745 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Poperinge 15.0 km away
Rent
675 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

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Quévy8,252 residentsAs8,249 residentsTrooz8,290 residentsFernelmont8,210 residentsCarnières8,180 residentsLodelinsart8,343 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Langemark-Poelkapelle when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 18. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: OKAN/OKATN (onthaalonderwijs, reception education for foreign-mother-tongue newcomers). How to enrol a child (belgium.be).

A country-wide rule for Belgium; Langemark-Poelkapelle's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The published population was 8,258 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31.

How safe is Langemark-Poelkapelle?

Police recorded about 3,548 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The median gross salary is 3,711 EUR/month. Source: Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022.

How many foreign residents live in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

421 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

Is Langemark-Poelkapelle a good place to live?

Langemark-Poelkapelle may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Langemark-Poelkapelle?

Zonnebeke, Ieper, Houthulst, Staden, Moorslede are near Langemark-Poelkapelle. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in Belgium live in Langemark-Poelkapelle?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,458 people (95.1%) in the source-defined population for 2021-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium: population, rent, salary [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e19a9865fc7258ca105018428fa2d754]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/langemark-poelkapelle/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_langemark-poelkapelle-belgium-population-rent-salary_27224a55c0a4,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium: population, rent, salary},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {e19a9865fc7258ca105018428fa2d754},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/langemark-poelkapelle/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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