Beutenaken

Beutenaken
Böätenake
Hamlet
Sacred Heart chapel
Beutenaken
Location in the Netherlands
Beutenaken
Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 50°46′55″N 5°51′15″E / 50.781944°N 5.854167°E / 50.781944; 5.854167
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Municipality Gulpen-Wittem
Area
 • Total
1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
45
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6278[1]
Dialing code043

Beutenaken (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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 6278NA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. ^ Beutenaken 38 Archived 2014-05-04 at the Wayback Machine on the Dutch monument register