Reutje | |
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 Type2: | Municipality |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 25 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.11 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 175 |
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: | 6077 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0475 |
Coordinates: | 51.1292°N 6.0081°W |
Reutje or 't Reutje (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /(ət) ˈrøːcə/; Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: 't Räötje in Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish pronounced as /ət ˈʀœːtʃə/) is a hamlet in Dutch Limburg. It belongs to the municipality of Roerdalen. It lies a few km from Sint Odiliënberg.
It was first mentioned in 1251 as "curtis in Raetken", and means "cultivated forest".[3] Reutje has place name signs. It was home to 184 people in 1840.[4]
There is a small café 'Bie Tiel' and a big fanfare, Sint Wiro. Reutje also has its own song: Träötje mien Landj, composed by Wiel Janssen and Pièrre Bonné.[4]