Zingem

Village and former municipality in Flemish Region

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50°54′N 03°31′E / 50.900°N 3.517°E / 50.900; 3.517Country

BelgiumRegionFlemish RegionProvinceEast FlandersArrondissementOudenaardeMunicipalityKruisemArea

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• Total8.17 km² (3.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total4,192 • Density510/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneCETPostal code

9750

Dialing code09Websitewww.zingem.be

Zingem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzɪŋɛm]) is a village and former municipality located in the 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 km².^[2]

Effective 1 January 2019, Kruishoutem and Zingem merged into the new municipality of Kruisem.^[3]

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.

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The town of Zingem from the west
View on Huise
Sint-Jan Baptist church in Ouwegem

References

^ ^a ^b "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 45057A". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 6 May 2022. Zingem only
^ ""Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018"". StatBel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "Kruishoutem en Zingem fuseren volgend jaar naar Kruisem, bekend uit boeken Marc De Bel". Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2022.