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{{Short description|Municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Maarkedal
|picture          = Maarke (Maarke-Kerkem) - zicht op dorp.jpg
|picture-legend   = Maarke (Maarke-Kerkem)
|map              = Maarkedal East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Maarkedal in East Flanders
|arms             = Blason ville be Maarkedal.svg
|flag             = Flag of Maarkedal.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Oudenaarde|Oudenaarde]]
|nis              = 45064
|mayor            = Joris Nachtergaele ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])
|majority         = [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open Vld]] Maarkedal
|postal-codes     = 9680, 9681, 9688
|telephone-area   = 055
|web              = [http://www.maarkedal.be/ www.maarkedal.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|48|N|03|37|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Maarkedal''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈmaːrkədɑl}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of {{ill|Etikhove|nl}}, [[Maarke-Kerkem]], {{ill|Nukerke|nl}} and {{ill|Schorisse|nl}}, and part of the hamlet of [[Louise-Marie, Belgian hamlet|Louise-Marie]]. In 2021, Maarkedal had a total population of 6,362. The total area is 45.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 45064 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=9 May 2022 }}</ref>