Wortegem is a village and seat of the municipality of Wortegem-Petegem in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

[4] The village was first mentioned as Uurattingem in 964, and means "settlement of the people of Wardo (person)".

[6] In 2019, it was decided to decommission the church, and convert it into a multi-functional community centre.

A part of the church will retain its religious function and a silent room will be added.

[8] Wortegem was known for Wortegemsen [nl], a lemon jenever with sugar,[9] however the distillery was sold to Filliers in 2009, and the production moved to Deinze.