Waarschoot

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|settlement_type = Village and former municipality

|image_skyline = Station Waarschoot - Foto 3.jpg

|image_caption = Station Waarschoot

|image_flag = Flag of Waarschoot.svg

|image_seal = Blason ville be Waarschoot.svg

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|subdivision_type3 = Arrondissement

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

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|subdivision_name1 = Flemish Region

|subdivision_name2 = East Flanders

|subdivision_name3 = Ghent

|subdivision_name4 = Lievegem

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|population_total = 8,194

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = 9950

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|area_code = 09

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|website = [http://www.lievegem.be/ www.lievegem.be]

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Waarschoot ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋaːrsxoːt}}) is a town and former municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprised the towns of Waarschoot proper. In 2018, Waarschoot had a total population of 7,967. The total area is {{cvt|21.91|km2}}.{{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}}

Until 31 December 2018, Waarschoot was one of the few Belgian municipalities having a female mayor. Her name is Ann Coopman.Ann Coopman{{circular reference|date=April 2021}}

Effective 1 January 2019, Waarschoot, Lovendegem, and Zomergem were merged into the new municipality of Lievegem, with only one mayor remaining, Tony Vermeire (CD&V).

Gallery

File:Waarschoot, Belgium ; Ferraris map.jpg|Waarschoot on the Ferraris map (around 1775)

File:Waarschoot - toren en voormalige kerk.jpg|Church of Saint Ghislenus in Waarschot. Tower and ruins of the former church

File:Rattenkasteel (16846624548).jpg|Rattenkasteel (Rat Castle)

File:In de Hoop op Vrede.jpg|Pub in Waarschot

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