Denderhoutem is a village, located in the Denderstreek in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium.

The old seals of the local council, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, showed a tree, with two small shields on either side, one with the lion of Flanders, the other with the arms of Burgundy.

Mr. Johannes Josef van de Velde was a third class passenger on the RMS Titanic in 1912, his last place of residence is listed as Denderhoutem.

[2] Between 1880s and WW1 perhaps 500 emigrants left Denderhautem and area, located south of Aalst in East Flanders.

The main areas of settlement were Detroit, southwest Ontario, California and British Columbia.