--- entity_id: city:be:geonames:2795956 entity_type: city name: Herne country_code: BE country: Belgium slug: herne canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herne/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/herne.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/herne.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/be/herne snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-08-30 fact_count: 12 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herne/ citation_title: "Herne, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Herne Herne is a city in Belgium. Its population was 6,825 at the end of 2024. Herne recorded annual PM2.5 of 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Herne? The published population was 6,825 people in January 2024. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 6,825 people · Period: January 2024 - Claims: claim-1cc4a45e38c6 ### Is the air quality good in Herne? The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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. - Value: 7 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-89d2bfd21fa0 ### What is the unemployment rate in Herne? The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (2011). - Value: 2.5 % · Period: 2011 - Claims: claim-212f3f51d015 ## Mobility Herne's nearest airport was BRU, 37 km away and offered 146 direct destinations. ## Housing Main residences in Herne numbered 2,696 at the end of 2021. ## Climate Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.5°C in January to 18.2°C in July. Herne's monthly precipitation totalled 75.5 mm in January and 76.9 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 59.1 hours in January and 203.2 hours in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 6,825 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [1] | | G05 Main Residential Dwellings | `g05_main_residential_dwellings` | 2,696 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 2.47 % | city | 2011-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 13.38 · Feb 17.91 · Mar 20.78 · Apr 25.88 · May 28.61 · Jun 30.84 · Jul 36.62 · Aug 34.02 · Sep 31.32 · Oct 25.31 · Nov 19.35 · Dec 14.62 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -11.44 · Feb -12.83 · Mar -9.83 · Apr -4.59 · May 0.69 · Jun 3.35 · Jul 6.98 · Aug 5.96 · Sep 2.95 · Oct -4.53 · Nov -4.88 · Dec -10.33 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 2.51 · Feb 3.08 · Mar 5.88 · Apr 9.52 · May 13.1 · Jun 16.35 · Jul 18.19 · Aug 17.73 · Sep 14.69 · Oct 10.97 · Nov 6.58 · Dec 3.24 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 75.5 · Feb 65.1 · Mar 59.3 · Apr 46.7 · May 59.7 · Jun 70.8 · Jul 76.9 · Aug 86.5 · Sep 65.3 · Oct 67.8 · Nov 76.2 · Dec 87.4 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 59.1 · Feb 72.9 · Mar 125.8 · Apr 171.3 · May 198.3 · Jun 199.3 · Jul 203.2 · Aug 192.4 · Sep 154.5 · Oct 112.6 · Nov 65.8 · Dec 48.6 hours | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [7] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 146 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 37 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [9] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | BRU | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [9] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Public employment service - [Actiris](https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/) — Job Search - [Le Forem](https://www.leforem.be/citoyens/inscription-accompagnement-chercheur-emploi.html) — Job Search, Registration - [VDAB](https://www.vdab.be/registratie/?registratieType=ACCOUNT) — Job Search, Registration, Training This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Herne when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.belgium.be/en/health/healthcare_costs) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Belgium country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/belgium/). ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - Born in another EU member state: 160 (2.4%) - Born in Belgium: 6,320 (94.2%) - Born in a non-EU country: 221 (3.3%) - Total population: 6,706 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 5 (0.1%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_2.xlsx ### Citizenship - Foreign nationality: other EU member state: 146 (2.2%) - Belgian nationality: 6,484 (96.7%) - Foreign nationality: non-EU country: 74 (1.1%) - Stateless: 0 (0.0%) - Total population: 6,706 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 2 (0.0%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_1.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 5,856 (87.3%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 54 (0.8%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 5,910 (88.1%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 269 (4.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 8 (0.1%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 277 (4.1%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 55 (0.8%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 1 (0.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 56 (0.8%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 107 (1.6%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 134 (2.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 241 (3.6%) - Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 33 (0.5%) - Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 189 (2.8%) - Non-Belgian — total: 222 (3.3%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin: 574 (8.6%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 431 (6.4%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 143 (2.1%) - Total population: 6,706 (100.0%) - Total population — born in Belgium: 6,320 (94.2%) - Total population — born outside Belgium: 386 (5.8%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 5,856 (87.3%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 54 (0.8%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 5,910 (88.1%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total population: 5,910 (88.1%) - Belgique — Total population — born in Belgium: 5,856 (87.3%) - Belgique — Total population — born outside Belgium: 54 (0.8%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 77 (1.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 77 (1.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 40 (0.6%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 1 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 41 (0.6%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 49 (0.7%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 105 (1.6%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 154 (2.3%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 9 (0.1%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 68 (1.0%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — total: 77 (1.1%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 272 (4.1%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 166 (2.5%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 106 (1.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total population: 349 (5.2%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born in Belgium: 175 (2.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born outside Belgium: 174 (2.6%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 107 (1.6%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 8 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 115 (1.7%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 7 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 7 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 31 (0.5%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 12 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 43 (0.6%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 9 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 40 (0.6%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — total: 49 (0.7%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 165 (2.5%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 145 (2.2%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 20 (0.3%) - Pays voisin* — Total population: 214 (3.2%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born in Belgium: 154 (2.3%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born outside Belgium: 60 (0.9%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 5,856 (87.3%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 54 (0.8%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 5,910 (88.1%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 269 (4.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 8 (0.1%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 277 (4.1%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 55 (0.8%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 1 (0.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 56 (0.8%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 107 (1.6%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 134 (2.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 241 (3.6%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 33 (0.5%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 189 (2.8%) - Total — Non-Belgian — total: 222 (3.3%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 574 (8.6%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 431 (6.4%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 143 (2.1%) - Total — Total population: 6,706 (100.0%) - Total — Total population — born in Belgium: 6,320 (94.2%) - Total — Total population — born outside Belgium: 386 (5.8%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 85 (1.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 85 (1.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 8 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 8 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 27 (0.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 17 (0.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 44 (0.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 15 (0.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 81 (1.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — total: 96 (1.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 137 (2.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 120 (1.8%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 17 (0.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population: 233 (3.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born in Belgium: 135 (2.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born outside Belgium: 98 (1.5%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20groupe%20de%20nationalite%20d%20origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ## Sources 1. 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World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_PRCP.csv 7. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_TSUN.csv 8. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 9. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Herne, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herne/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_herne-belgium-jobs-air-quality-climate_18ae3e1054bc, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Herne, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herne/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. 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