Beutenaken

Hamlet in Limburg, Netherlands

Beutenaken Böätenake
Hamlet
Sacred Heart chapel
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 ^[1]
• Total	1.55 km² (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	130 m (430 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	45
• Density	29/km² (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6278^[1]
Dialing code	043

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]

Gallery

Beutenaken 38, monumental farm
River Gulp in Beutenaken
Crossing of the river Gulp
Road cross

References

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