Cruisem
Cruisem | |
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State : | Belgium |
Region : | Flanders |
Province : | East Flanders |
Area : | 70.70 km² |
Residents: | 15,641 (Jan 1, 2019) |
Population density: | 221 inhabitants per km² |
Mayor: | Joop Verzele ( CD&V ) |
Kruisem is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders , which was created on January 1, 2019 from the merger of the municipalities of Kruishoutem and Zingem . The merged municipality has an area of 70.70 km² and has more than 15,000 inhabitants.
Merger
The government provides incentives for voluntary consolidation of municipalities. The municipal councils of Kruishoutem and Zingem approved a merger in 2017, which was ratified by a decree of May 4, 2018, as well as several other mergers with effect from January 1, 2019.
As of January 1, 2018, the municipality of Kruishoutem had a population of 8086 and Zingem a population of 7552.