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Bergen (Mons)

Province of Henegouwen · 97.745 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Bergen?

Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.

Your municipality

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.

Walloon Parliament

The Walloon Parliament decides on matters such as housing, mobility, the environment, the economy and child benefit.

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The Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation decides on education and culture. We do not follow it yet.

What did the municipal council decide?

For municipalities in Wallonia and Brussels there is no shared open source yet for municipal council decisions. You can find them on your municipality’s website.

How does Bergen handle money?

From the 2024 annual accounts of the municipality and the public social welfare centre combined. Amounts per inhabitant, so you can compare municipalities.

Revenue

€ 4,199 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

Debt

€ 4,097 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

Source: SPW Intérieur et Action sociale via WalStat (CC0). For Walloon municipalities, only revenue and debt per inhabitant are available.

Subsidies for organisations from Bergen

In 2025, 137 organisations from Bergen received a total of € 122.4 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.

Who received the most?

  1. Province du Hainaut € 19,871,573
  2. HAUTE ECOLE LOUVAIN EN HAINAUT € 17,101,334
  3. Centre public d'Action sociale de Mons € 8,748,150
  4. Mars, Mons Arts de la Scène € 7,390,895
  5. Ville de Mons € 6,898,784
See all subsidies in Bergen →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Bergen

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 87 contracts, worth € 220 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. PROVINCE DU HAINAUT, OFFICE CENTRAL DES ACHATS 16 contracts
  2. ASBL CHU HELORA 12 contracts
  3. Immobilière Sociale Toit & moi srl 12 contracts
  4. Ville de Mons 10 contracts
  5. Les Foyers des Pauvres Sœurs ASBL 5 contracts

The latest contracts

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Companies from Bergen that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Bergen won 2 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING AUTOMATION RESEARCH ENGINEERING 1 contract
  2. Da Vinci Production 1 contract

What is not here yet?

  • The decisions of your municipal council.
  • Smaller public contracts, below the European thresholds.

See also where our tax money goes across Belgium →