Boelenslaan | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Achtkarspelen |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 6.99 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1,295 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9233 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0512 |
Coordinates: | 53.1619°N 6.1447°W |
Boelenslaan is a village in Achtkarspelen municipality in Friesland province in the northern Netherlands.
As of January 2017, Boelenslaan has 1141 inhabitants[3]
The village is in the "Friese Wouden" in the Frisian forests.
The village was first mentioned in 1899 as Boelenslaan, and means (dead-end) road to the settlement of the Boelens family.[4] The Boelens family used to be grietman (mayors) who owned large parcels of land. Boelenslaan was originally a peat excavation settlement. In 1852, a church was built. The white church is a chapel of the Continued Reformed Church.[5]
The color red refers to the heathland and the severability fight of the population, the color yellow refers to the Sandgrounds. The color green refers to Friese Wouden, from the village area. The silver rose is the coat of arms of the noble family Boelens, after whom it was named.[6]