Merelbeke is a former municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders, Belgium. It lies in the Flanders region, just south of the city of Ghent, to which it is now administratively linked following a merger.
The former municipality comprised the villages of Bottelare, Lemberge, Melsen, Merelbeke proper, Munte and Schelderode. It covered a total area of 36.65 km² and had a population of 24,779 in 2021.