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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Zomergem
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|settlement_type        = Village and former municipality
|image_skyline          = Zomergem_Markt_R01.jpg
|image_caption          = Zomergem: Market Place and St Martin's church
|image_flag             = Flag of Zomergem.svg
|image_seal             = Blason ville be Zomergem.svg
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|pushpin_map            = Belgium
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Belgium
|pushpin_mapsize        = 250
|subdivision_type       = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Communities and regions of Belgium|Region]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Provinces of regions in Belgium|Province]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Arrondissements of Belgium|Arrondissement]]
|subdivision_type4      = Municipality
|subdivision_name       = {{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|subdivision_name1      = [[Flemish Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[East Flanders]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Arrondissement of Ghent|Ghent]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Lievegem]]
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|area_total_km2         = 39.29
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|population_as_of               = 2021
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|population_total               = 8,544
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|timezone            = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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|postal_code_type    = Postal code
|postal_code         = 9930-9932
|area_code_type      = [[Telephone numbers in Belgium|Dialing code]]
|area_code           = 09
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|website             = [http://www.lievegem.be/ www.lievegem.be]
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}}
'''Zomergem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈzoːmərɣɛm}}) is a town and former [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Flanders]] and in the province of [[East Flanders]], in [[Belgium]]. The municipality comprises the towns of [[Oostwinkel]], [[Ronsele]] and Zomergem proper. On 1 January 2018, Zomergem had a total population of 	8,466. The total area is 38.78&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls |title="Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018" |website=StatBel |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

Effective 1 January 2019, [[Waarschoot]], [[Lovendegem]] and Zomergem were [[Fusion of the Belgian municipalities|merged]] into the new municipality of [[Lievegem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20171221_03256786 |title=Drie kleintjes zijn liever samen groot: in 2019 worden inwoners wakker in Lievegem |website=Nieuwsblad |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Zomergem, kerk positie2 foto9 2011-10-03 11.40.JPG|Zomergem, St Martin's church
Sint-Martinuskerk, Zomergem (DSCF0129).jpg|St Martin's church
Image:Zomergem, monumentaal pand foto8 2011-10-03 11.44.JPG|Zomergem, townhall
Image:Zomergem (cropped).jpg|Motjes bridge on the Schipdonk canal
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.lievegem.be Official website] {{in lang|nl}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Zomergem
|North     = [[Eeklo]]
|East      = [[Waarschoot]]
|Southeast = [[Lovendegem]]
|South     = [[Nevele]]
|Southwest = [[Aalter]]
|West      = [[Knesselare]]
|Northwest = [[Maldegem]]
}}
{{Belgian municipality Lievegem}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Lievegem]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of East Flanders]]
[[Category:Populated places in East Flanders]]


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