Editing Waregem (section)

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Waregem
|native_name      = {{native name|vls|Woaregem}}
|type             = city
|picture          = H.H. Amandus en Blasius - Waregem.jpg
|picture-legend   = City parish church located on the marketplace
|map              = Waregem West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Waregem in West-Flanders
|arms             = Waregem wapen.svg
|flag             = Waregem vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Kortrijk|Kortrijk]]
|nis              = 34040
|pyramid-date     =
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Kristof Chanterie  
|majority         = [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]
|postal-codes     = 8790-8793
|telephone-area   = 056
|web              = [http://www.waregem.be/ www.waregem.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|53|N|03|25|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Waregem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋaːrəɣɛm|lang|Nl-Waregem.ogg}}; {{langx|vls|Woaregem}} {{IPA|vls|ˈβɒːrəɦæm|}}), spelled '''Waereghem''' before, is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Genk, Mortsel, Seraing en Waregem |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1999/06/23/1999000594/staatsblad |date=23 June 1999 |lang=nl |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref> located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Provinces of Belgium|province]] of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality lies in the valley of the river [[Lys (river)|Lys]], between [[Kortrijk]] and [[Ghent]].  It is part of the administrative district of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper.  On January 1, 2024, Waregem had a total population of 39,970.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Over Waregem |url=https://www.waregem.be/over-waregem |lang=nl |website=www.waregem.be |access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> The total area is 44.34&nbsp;km² which gives a [[population density]] of 901 inhabitants per km².