Editing Zingem

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|image_caption          = Zingem town hall
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|image_seal             = Blason ville be Zingem.svg
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Belgium
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|subdivision_type1      = [[Communities and regions of Belgium|Region]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Provinces of regions in Belgium|Province]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Arrondissements of Belgium|Arrondissement]]
|subdivision_type4      = Municipality
|subdivision_name       = {{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|subdivision_name1      = [[Flemish Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[East Flanders]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Arrondissement of Oudenaarde|Oudenaarde]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Kruisem]]
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|postal_code         = 9750
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|area_code           = 09
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|website             = [http://www.zingem.be/ www.zingem.be]
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'''Zingem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈzɪŋɛm}}) is a village and former [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprised the towns of [[Huise]], [[Ouwegem]] and Zingem proper. In 2018, the municipality of Zingem had a total population of 7,552. The total area is 23.93&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls |title="Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018" |website=StatBel |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

Effective 1 January 2019, [[Kruishoutem]] and Zingem [[Fusion of the Belgian municipalities|merged]] into the new municipality of [[Kruisem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2017/11/06/kruishoutem-en-zingem-fuseren-volgend-jaar-naar-kruisem/ |title=Kruishoutem en Zingem fuseren volgend jaar naar Kruisem, bekend uit boeken Marc De Bel |website=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie |access-date=6 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Home to the Meuleken 't Dal - This is one of the smallest windmills in East Flanders and once owned by the Ghent Sint-Pietersabdij. The province made the mill turn and grind again.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Zingem from west.JPG|The town of Zingem from the west
File:Huise - dorpszicht.jpg|View on [[Huise]]
File:ID74444-Ouwegem, Sint-Jan Baptistkerk-PM 56584.jpg|Sint-Jan Baptist church in [[Ouwegem]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{official website|http://www.zingem.be}} - Only available in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Zingem
|North     = [[Nazareth, Belgium|Nazareth]]
|Northeast = [[Gavere]]
|Southeast = [[Zwalm]]
|South     = [[Oudenaarde]]
|West      = [[Kruishoutem]]
}}
{{Belgian municipality Kruisem}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Former municipalities of East Flanders]]
[[Category:Kruisem]]
[[Category:Populated places in East Flanders]]


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