Kruisem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrœysəm]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders that was established on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Kruishoutem and Zingem.

[3] The Flemish Government provides incentives for municipalities to voluntarily merge.

The municipal councils of Kruishoutem and Zingem approved a merge in 2017, which was ratified by Flemish decree of 4 May 2018 alongside several other merges, all to be effective per 1 January 2019.

CD&V obtained a majority of seats in the municipal council (14 out of 25).

This East Flanders location article is a stub.