Schaerbeek (obsolete Dutch spelling, retained in French, pronounced ) or
Schaarbeek (
Dutch, ) is one of the nineteen
municipalities located in the
Brussels-Capital Region of
Belgium. The first mention of the name was
Scarenbecca, recorded in a document from the Bishop of Cambrai in 1120. The origin of the name may come from the
Franconian (
Old Dutch) words
schaer (notch, score) and
beek (creek).