Official Name: | Beutenaken |
Native Name: | Böätenake |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Limburg |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Gulpen-Wittem |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 130 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.55 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 45 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 6278 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 043 |
Coordinates: | 50.7819°N 5.8542°W |
Beutenaken (Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: Böätenake) is a hamlet in the southeastern Netherlands. It is part of the village of Slenaken in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, about 20 km east of Maastricht. Older names for the village are Bottinachs, Butenacho and Butenachen.
The village is built as a linear settlement in the valley of the Gulp river, on a road connecting Waterop with Slenaken. The village has a chapel dedicated to Maria dating from 1880 and a chapel dedicated to the Sacred heart dating from 1929. Also it has several timber framing buildings, including a farm located at Beutenaken 38, which dates from the 18th century and has been designated a national monument.[3]