Kruishoutem

Kruishoutem (, in French and English Cruyshautem) is a village and was a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprised the towns of Kruishoutem proper, Nokere and Wannegem-Lede. In January 2018, the municipality of Kruishoutem had a total population of 8,086. The total area is 46.76 km2. On 1 January 2019, Kruishoutem and Zingem merged into the new municipality of Kruisem.

The SONS Museum is located in Kruisem.

Notable people

 * Charles Louis Spilthoorn (Spilthooren), born 12 October 1804 in Kruishoutem ; died 12 September 1872 in Brussels, lawyer and politician.
 * Henry Gabriëls, born in Wannegem-Lede on 6 October 1838, professor & rector in Saint Joseph's Seminary in Troy, New York ; bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, until his death in 1921. Created Sanatorium Gabriels and town Gabriels, New York.
 * Adolf Daens, priest in Kruishoutem in 1878–1879, later member of the Parliament.