Scherpenzeel is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. As of 2021, it has a population of 10,128, with approximately 6,000 adults. The community of Scherpenzeel also contains a part of the hamlet of Moorst.

Gelderland, also known as Guelders in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km2 (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.