| Papegem | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belgium |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Flanders |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Type3: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name3: | Aalst |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Lede |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.61 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 513 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9340 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 053 |
| Coordinates: | 50.9539°N 3.9311°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Belgium |
Papegem is a village in the municipality of Lede located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. It has an area of 0.58 km². The Wellebeek (a brook) which flows there belongs to the basin of the Molenbeek which originates from the Upper Scheldt, and flows through Erpe-Mere. In the past the Wellebeek was called the Papegemsche beek. It is bordered by the sub-municipalities of Oordegem, Smetlede and Impe, as well as the municipalities of Sint-Lievens-Houtem (sub-municipality Vlierzele) and Erpe-Mere (sub-municipality Erondegem, despite the small size of Papegem. In Papegem the Sint-Macharius Chapel can be found. Papegem belongs to the deanery of Herzele-Houtem.
The Sint-Macharius Chapel was founded in 1890 on account of a typhus epidemic. It was inaugurated on 10 May 1891. In 1958/1959 there was a temporary church built which was received by the inauguration of Macharius as a patron saint. Before the merger of the municipalities in 1977, Papegem was a residential area of Vlierzele and had no street names. However, Papegem is now a village with about 400 inhabitants. Every year on the first weekend after the 8 May, there is a 9 day procession in honor of the Holy Macharius with a fair.