Kruisem () 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.
The merged municipality has an area of and a population of 15,876 people . The municipality consists of the deelgemeentes Huise, Kruishoutem, , Ouwegem, and Zingem.
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.
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 2019âÂÂ2024. Christian Democratic and Flemish obtained a majority of seats on the municipal council (14 out of 25). Joop Verzele became mayor of Kruisem.