DENDERMONDE, or TERMONDE, a fortified town of Belgium, capital of a cognominal arrondissement in the province of East Flanders, at the confluence of the Dender with the Scheldt, 16 miles east of Ghent, and on the line of railway from the latter place to Mechlin. Pop. (1851) 8225. It is defended by a citadel constructed in the sixteenth century; and has a town-hall, several churches and chapels, numerous schools, a hospital, lunatic and orphan asylums, &c.; also extensive bleaching and dye works, cotton factories, and breweries; and the vicinity is celebrated for the growth of fine flax.