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Herstal

Province of Luik · 40.909 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Herstal?

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.

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 Herstal 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

€ 3,719 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

Debt

€ 2,584 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 Herstal

In 2025, 36 organisations from Herstal received a total of € 37.6 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. SA THALES BELGIUM € 12,673,335
  2. SA SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS € 6,120,000
  3. SA FN HERSTAL € 5,754,424
  4. Ville de Herstal € 4,631,356
  5. Centre Scolaire Saint-Lambert € 1,679,873
See all subsidies in Herstal →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Herstal

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 11 contracts, worth € 16.9 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Intercommunale de Traitement des Déchets ménagers Liégeois 6 contracts
  2. Ville de Herstal - Centre administratif "La Ruche" 3 contracts
  3. Société Régionale du Logement de Herstal 1 contract
  4. PATRIA BELGIUM ENGINE CENTER SRL 1 contract

The latest contracts

Services 21 September 2026

Repair and maintenance services of aircraft engines

CONCURSO PÚBLICO PARA REVISÃO GERAL E UPGRADE DE COMPONENENTES DA INLET FAN MODULE DE MOTOR F100

€ 29,262
Who carries it out?
Estado Maior da Força Aérea
View the official notice
See all contracts in Herstal →

Companies from Herstal that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Herstal won 22 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. LYRECO BELGIUM 15 contracts
  2. NETWORK RESEARCH BELGIUM 4 contracts
  3. SA THALES BELGIUM 2 contracts
  4. SA FN HERSTAL 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 →