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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Ardooie
|picture          = Ardoois gemeentehuis.JPG
|picture-legend   = Ardooie town hall
|map              = Ardooie West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Ardooie in [[West Flanders]]
|arms             = Blason Ardooie.svg
|flag             = Flag of Ardooie.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tielt|Tielt]]
|nis              = 37020
|pyramid-date=1 January 2006
|0–19=21.72
|20–64=58.87
|65=19.41
|foreigners=0.76
|foreigners-date=1 July 2005
|mayor           = Véronique Buyck (Groep 82)
|majority        = Groep 82
|postal-codes    = 8850, 8851
|telephone-area  = 051
|web             = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070405070205/http://www.ardooie.be/ www.ardooie.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|58|N|03|11|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Ardooie''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑrdoːi.ə|-|Nl-Ardooie.ogg}}; {{langx|vls|Ardôoie}}) is a municipality in the Belgian province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of Ardooie proper and [[Koolskamp]]. In 2006 Ardooie had a total population of 9,147. The local inhabitants are called Ardooienaren. During the First World War Hitler was stationed in Ardooie quartered  with a family.  He painted some of the buildings and the countryside.

==Sights==
* St. Martin's Church (''Sint-Martinuskerk'') with a Gothic tower, listed since 1939 as part of the national monumental heritage;
* the mansion ''de Mûelenaere'', today a library;
* [[Ardooie Castle]], also known as the De Jonghe d'Ardoye Castle ({{langx|nl|Kasteel van Ardooie}} or ''Kasteel De Jonghe d'Ardoye''): this [[Neoclassical architecture|Neo-Classical]] country house was built at the end of the 18th century by the local landowners, the Van Ardooie family, who also called themselves as D'Ardoye. It became a protected historical monument in 1984, housing a communication agency since 2007. The building and most of the grounds remain private property.
* a brewery-complex from the 19th century;
* the Rysselende Mill, constructed in 1855.

<gallery>
File:Kerk Ardooie.jpg|St. Martin's Church
image:Rysselendemolen1.jpg|Rysselende Mill
File:Ardooie Kapel Vanneste.jpg|''Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekapel''
File:Monument voor de gesneuvelden.JPG|Monument for the victims (civil and soldiers) of [[World War I]] from Ardooie
File:Koolskamp, parochiekerk Sint Martinus oeg201438 foto3 2013-05-12 13.30.jpg|Church: parochiekerk Sint Martinus in Koolskamp
Ardooie Castle (DSCF0027).jpg|Ardooie Castle
</gallery>

==Hamlets==
[[Image:MapArdooie.svg|thumb|200px|right|Ardooie and neighbouring municipalities. The yellow zones are urban areas.]]
Next to Ardooie itself is the part-municipality [[Koolskamp]]. Part of Ardooie is also the hamlet De Tassche, about two kilometers west from the centre of Ardooie, on the border with the city of [[Roeselare]]. In the east on the border with the neighbouring municipality [[Meulebeke]], part of the hamlet 't Veld, also called de Sneppe, is situated in Ardooie.

{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
! # !! Name !! Area !! Population (2005)
|- align="right"
|I <br />&nbsp;<br /><small>(III)</small><br /><small>(IV)</small>|| align="left" | Ardooie <br />- Ardooie<br />- [[Tasse (hamlet)|Tasse]]<br />- [['t Veld (Meulebeke)|Sneppe]]|| 24.14 <br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp; || 6.882 <br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;
|- align="right"
|II || align="left" | [[Koolskamp]] || 10.43 || 2.265
|- align="right"
|}

Ardooie is adjacent to the following villages:
*a. [[Lichtervelde]] (Lichtervelde municipality)
*b. [[Zwevezele]] (Wingene municipality)
*c. [[Egem (West Flanders)|Egem]] (Pittem municipality)
*d. [[Pittem]] (Pittem municipality)
*e. [[Meulebeke]] (Meulebeke municipality)
*f. [[Emelgem]] (Izegem city)
*g. [[Kachtem]] (Izegem city)
*h. [[Roeselare]] (Roeselare city)
*i. [[Beveren (Roeselare)|Beveren]] (Roeselare city)

==Accessibility==
*The motorway [[E403]] runs through the west of the village and has two exits, one for Ardooie itself (exit 8) and one for the part-municipality Koolskamp (exit 9). On the other side of the village runs the N50 district road from [[Bruges]] to [[Kortrijk]] (the Rysselende Mill is built by this road).

Ardooie is separated from Koolskamp by the railway line [[Adinkerke]]-[[Ghent]]. Until the mid-1980s years Ardooie had two [[NMBS]]- railway stations: one in the north of the main village and one on the quarter "De Kortekeer".

==Industry==
Although the village is quite small, many companies have their head-office here. It is best known for its frozen vegetables factories, seven in total, the highest number for a single municipality in Europe.

The major companies in Ardooie are:

* [[Afschrift]], industrial electricity and [[automation]]
* Ardicor, inhouse (de)construction
* [[Ardo (Belgian company)|Ardo]] (formerly Ardovries), frozen foods
* Ardovlam, protection against [[fire protection|fire]] and burglary in buildings
* [[d'Arta]], [[frozen vegetables]]
* Danis, in Koolskamp, producer of animal foods and specialising in construction of [[sty|pig-sties]]
* Devriese, [[road construction]]
* [[DeZetel]], furniture
* Dicogel-Begro, frozen vegetables
* Haco (earlier: Kimac), manufacturer of [[woodworking machine]]s
* Homifreez, frozen vegetables
* Louage & Wisselinck, construction of doors and furniture
* Metafox, furniture
* [[OVA (Belgian company)|OVA]], manufacturer of industrial vehicles
* Polaris Creative Solutions, creative agency and marketing company
* Planquette, veal
* [[Sioen Industries]], textile manufacturer (mainly coated textiles, [[sails]], fine chemicals and professional [[protective clothing]]).
* Trans Novero, truck company
* Unifrost, frozen vegetables
* Vitalo, [[packaging]]
* Voeders Callewaert, [[animal nutrition]]

In 2001 and 2005 Ardooie won the Prize for the most profit-making municipality in West Flanders, announced by the Belgian economic magazine ''Trends''. All except for Vitalo and Trans Novero have their head-office located there.

==Politics==
*Ardooie has been led for many years by the local [[Flemish Liberals and Democrats|VLD]]-party "Groep82" (Group82) that occupied 2/3 of the seats in 2006 .
*The mayor since 1989 is Karlos Callens, also a Flemish People's representative. He puts a lot effort into making Ardooie known in the world. By his work the [[Eneco Tour]] finished and started in Ardooie in 2008 and 2009.

==Events==
*[[Cyclocross]] race in October
*Sint-maartenfeest ([[St. Martin's Day]]) (11 November)

==Born in Ardooie==
*1874: [[Cyriel Verschaeve]], priest, poet and [[Collaborationism|collaborator]].
*1959: [[Filip Vanhaecke]], [[marathon]] runner
*1965: [[Marc Degryse]], [[Association football|football player]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20030721224639/http://www.ardooie.be:80/}} {{in lang|nl}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Ardooie
|North     = [[Wingene]]
|East      = [[Pittem]]<br>[[Meulebeke]]
|Southeast = [[Ingelmunster]]
|South     = [[Izegem]]
|Southwest = [[Roeselare]]
|Northwest = [[Lichtervelde]]
}}
{{Municipalities in West Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]