Kruishoutem
Kruishoutem 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 Belgian municipalities|merged] into the new municipality of Kruisem.
The SONS Museum is located in Kruisem.
Notable people
- Charles Louis Spilthoorn, 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.