Beutenaken Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 6278NA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 24 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 24 April 2022.
  3. http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=search&sCompMonNr=337328 Beutenaken 38