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Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.
The municipal council and the mayor and aldermen decide on matters such as streets, waste collection, sports halls, libraries and the public social welfare centre.
We do not show municipal council decisions yet: there is no open data for all municipalities yet.
The Flemish Parliament decides on matters such as education, housing, mobility, the environment, child benefit and care.
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The Chamber decides on matters such as pensions, taxes, justice, the police, defence and health insurance.
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The items the municipal council dealt with in recent months. Items about individuals (staff, permits, councillors’ questions…) are shown without details.
Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.
From the 2024 annual accounts of the municipality and the public social welfare centre combined. Amounts per inhabitant, so you can compare municipalities.
Revenue
€ 1,901 per inhabitant
taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…
33% less than the Flemish average
Spending
€ 1,429 per inhabitant
day-to-day running and investments
51% less than the Flemish average
Debt
€ 1,353 per inhabitant
what the municipality still has to repay on its loans
7% more than the Flemish average
Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 211 per inhabitant was left to invest.
Breakdown of spending on day-to-day running (excluding investments).
In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,333 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 1,429 (in euros of that year, not adjusted for inflation).
Source: Flemish Agency for Home Affairs, Gemeente- en Stadsmonitor (BBC-DR). Your municipality's budget and multi-year plan can be found in the BBC-beleidstool.
In 2025, 68 organisations from Brakel received a total of € 29 million in subsidies.
The municipal administration itself often also receives subsidies from higher levels of government. Self-employed people and other individuals are not counted here.
These are the larger public contracts of public bodies with their address in this municipality: the municipality itself, but also, for example, a hospital, a school or a ministry.
In 2026, they awarded 1 contracts, worth € 3.1 million in total.
Buying supplies 12 May 2026
Raamovereenkomst voor de levering van medicatie, farmaceutische producten en medische hulpmiddelen
maximum, over several years
In 2026, companies and organisations from Brakel won 2 public contracts across Belgium.