--- entity_id: city:be:geonames:2791120 entity_type: city name: Moerbeke country_code: BE country: Belgium slug: moerbeke canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/moerbeke/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/moerbeke.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/moerbeke.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/be/moerbeke snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-08-30 fact_count: 10 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/moerbeke/ citation_title: "Moerbeke, Belgium: jobs, air quality" 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/ --- # Moerbeke Moerbeke is one of the cities recorded in Belgium. The population of Moerbeke totalled 6,758 at the end of 2024. Moerbeke recorded annual PM2.5 of 9 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 Moerbeke? The published population was 6,758 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: 6,758 people · Period: January 2024 - Claims: claim-226eef70147e ### Is the air quality good in Moerbeke? The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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: 9 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-f86b66c92ed1 ### What is the unemployment rate in Moerbeke? The unemployment rate is about 3.9 % (2011). - Value: 3.9 % · Period: 2011 - Claims: claim-8c5a63458898 ## Mobility Moerbeke's nearest airport was ANR, 37 km away and offered 1 direct destinations. ## Housing The count of main residential dwellings reached 2,799 at the end of 2021. ## Climate Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.9°C in January to 18.2°C in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 6,758 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [1] | | G05 Main Residential Dwellings | `g05_main_residential_dwellings` | 2,799 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 3.86 % | city | 2011-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 9 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 13.65 · Feb 17.38 · Mar 20.89 · Apr 26.05 · May 28.53 · Jun 31.21 · Jul 36.43 · Aug 33.35 · Sep 31.18 · Oct 24.82 · Nov 19.2 · Dec 14.76 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -10.83 · Feb -12.18 · Mar -7.1 · Apr -4.17 · May 0.6 · Jun 4.7 · Jul 8.03 · Aug 7.22 · Sep 3.77 · Oct -2.95 · Nov -4.32 · Dec -10.11 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 2.91 · Feb 3.41 · Mar 5.99 · Apr 9.57 · May 13.14 · Jun 16.32 · Jul 18.17 · Aug 17.82 · Sep 14.93 · Oct 11.22 · Nov 6.97 · Dec 3.69 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 1 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [6] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 37 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | ANR | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | 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 Moerbeke 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: 280 (4.2%) - Born in Belgium: 6,206 (93.8%) - Born in a non-EU country: 133 (2.0%) - Total population: 6,619 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 0 (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_2.xlsx ### Citizenship - Foreign nationality: other EU member state: 232 (3.5%) - Belgian nationality: 6,340 (95.8%) - Foreign nationality: non-EU country: 46 (0.7%) - Stateless: 0 (0.0%) - Total population: 6,619 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 1 (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 - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 5,746 (86.8%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 72 (1.1%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 5,818 (87.9%) - 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: 5,818 (87.9%) - Belgique — Total population — born in Belgium: 5,746 (86.8%) - Belgique — Total population — born outside Belgium: 72 (1.1%) - 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: 64 (1.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 3 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 67 (1.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 21 (0.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 3 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 24 (0.4%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 23 (0.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 56 (0.8%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 79 (1.2%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 4 (0.1%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 40 (0.6%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — total: 44 (0.7%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 170 (2.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 108 (1.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 62 (0.9%) - Hors UE27 — Total population: 214 (3.2%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born in Belgium: 112 (1.7%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born outside Belgium: 102 (1.5%) - 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: 187 (2.8%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 9 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 196 (3.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 11 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 1 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 12 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 56 (0.8%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 27 (0.4%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 83 (1.3%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 30 (0.5%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 107 (1.6%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — total: 137 (2.1%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 291 (4.4%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 254 (3.8%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 37 (0.6%) - Pays voisin* — Total population: 428 (6.5%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born in Belgium: 284 (4.3%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born outside Belgium: 144 (2.2%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 5,746 (86.8%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 72 (1.1%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 5,818 (87.9%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 282 (4.3%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 15 (0.2%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 297 (4.5%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 41 (0.6%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 4 (0.1%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 45 (0.7%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 88 (1.3%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 92 (1.4%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 180 (2.7%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 49 (0.7%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 230 (3.5%) - Total — Non-Belgian — total: 279 (4.2%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 522 (7.9%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 411 (6.2%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 111 (1.7%) - Total — Total population: 6,619 (100.0%) - Total — Total population — born in Belgium: 6,206 (93.8%) - Total — Total population — born outside Belgium: 413 (6.2%) - 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: 31 (0.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 3 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 34 (0.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 9 (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: 9 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 9 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 9 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 18 (0.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 15 (0.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 83 (1.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — total: 98 (1.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 61 (0.9%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 49 (0.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 12 (0.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population: 159 (2.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born in Belgium: 64 (1.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born outside Belgium: 95 (1.4%) - 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 ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 5,746 (86.8%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 72 (1.1%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 5,818 (87.9%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 282 (4.3%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 15 (0.2%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 297 (4.5%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 41 (0.6%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 4 (0.1%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 45 (0.7%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 88 (1.3%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 92 (1.4%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 180 (2.7%) - Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 49 (0.7%) - Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 230 (3.5%) - Non-Belgian — total: 279 (4.2%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin: 522 (7.9%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 411 (6.2%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 111 (1.7%) - Total population: 6,619 (100.0%) - Total population — born in Belgium: 6,206 (93.8%) - Total population — born outside Belgium: 413 (6.2%) - 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 ## Sources 1. Statbel (Belgian statistical office) — Official source — https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking%20naar%20woonplaats%2C%20nationaliteit%20burgelijke%20staat%20%2C%20leeftijd%20en%20geslacht/TF_SOC_POP_STRUCT_2024.zip 2. Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium) — Official source — https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC41_1.zip?download=1 3. bestat.statbel.fgov.be — Official source — https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/api/views/51bc2007-36b3-4f96-a540-823018b2dd67/result/JSON 4. European Environment Agency — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query 5. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=3.930010&latitude=51.174090&format=JSON 6. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 7. 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). Moerbeke, Belgium: jobs, air quality [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/moerbeke/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_moerbeke-belgium-jobs-air-quality_0a5b6b9d8899, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Moerbeke, Belgium: jobs, air quality}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/moerbeke/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Moerbeke, Belgium: jobs, air quality](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/moerbeke/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/moerbeke/ - Title: Moerbeke, Belgium: jobs, air quality - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/moerbeke/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/moerbeke.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/moerbeke.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/be/moerbeke - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json