| Nazareth | |
| Map: | Nazareth East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg |
| Map-Legend: | Location of Nazareth in East Flanders |
| Arms: | Blason ville be Nazareth.svg |
| Flag: | Nazareth (B) vlag.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Ghent |
| Nis: | 44048 |
| Mayor: | Danny Claeys (CD&V) |
| Majority: | CD&V, Vooruit-Groen |
| Postal-Codes: | 9810 |
| Telephone-Area: | 09 |
| Web: | www.nazareth.be |
| Coordinates: | 50.9667°N 39°W |
Nazareth (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈnaːzaːrɛt/) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of and Nazareth proper. In 2021, Nazareth had a total population of 11,844.[1] The total area is 35.19 km2[2] which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per km2.
There are various hypotheses for the origin of the name "Nazareth", dated to a text of songs from 1259 CE. It is possible that Nazareth was named after the biblical city of Nazareth. It is also possible, but less likely, that Nazareth was originally a slip of the word magherhet (thinness).
The community was first recorded in 1259.
The arms of Nazareth is a composition of two family crests:
The first part is the arms of the family Rockolfing: three gold roses geknopt throat in the field, vert scrolled head and a shield charged with a throat depth and looking round lion of gold, tongued gules.
The second part is the escutcheon of the family Kervyn Volkaersbeke: saber in a twill together right in the head by an acorn, stemmed and browsed in two pieces, left in the mind of a six-pointed star, everything from gold and the one point eagle leg of silver.