Kruisem
The merged municipality has an area of 71.59 km and a population of 15,876 people as of 2022. The municipality consists of the deelgemeentes Huise, Kruishoutem, Nokere , Ouwegem, Wannegem-Lede and Zingem.
Creation
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.
As of 1 January 2018, the municipality of Kruishoutem had a population of 8,086 and Zingem a population of 7,552.
Government
The first elections for the new municipality were held during the regular local elections of 14 October 2018, electing a municipal council for the legislative period of 2019–2024. CD&V obtained a majority of seats in the municipal council (14 out of 25). Joop Verzele becomes mayor of Kruisem.
References
- ^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2022". Statbel.
- ^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2022". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Over Kruisem". Kruisem (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2022.