Editing Buitenpost (section)

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Buitenpost
| native_name             = {{native name|fy|Bûtenpost}}
| settlement_type         = Village
| image_skyline           = Buitenpost, de Mariakerk RM7036 foto4 2013-08-25 14.30.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Maria Church
| image_flag              = Buitenpost vlag.svg
| flag_alt                = 
| image_seal              = 
| seal_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Buitenpost wapen.svg
| shield_alt              = 
| etymology               = 
| motto                   = 
| image_map               = Map NL Achtkarspelen Bûtenpost.png
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Location in Achtkarspelen municipality
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| pushpin_label_position  = left
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands
| coordinates             = {{coord|53|15|N|6|09|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
| coor_pinpoint           = 
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flagicon|Friesland}} [[Friesland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = {{flagicon|Achtkarspelen}} [[Achtkarspelen]]
| subdivision_type3       = 
| subdivision_name3       = 
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| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
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| seat                    = 
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 18.55
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9285JA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 29 March 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0.1
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=29 March 2022 |quote=two entries}}</ref>
| population_total        = 5,770
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = 
| utc_offset1             = 
| timezone1_DST           = 
| utc_offset1_DST         = 
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 9285<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0511-0512
| iso_code                = 
| footnotes               = 
| website                 = [http://www.binnenbuitenpost.nl/ Official]
}}

'''Buitenpost'''  (''Bûtenpost'' in [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]) is a village in north-east [[Friesland]] in the [[Netherlands]].

It lies approximately halfway between the cities of [[Leeuwarden]] (the capital of Friesland) and [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], in the northern part of the [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of [[Achtkarspelen]]. With 5,762 inhabitants,<ref>[https://www.achtkarspelen.nl/inwoners-achtkarspelen/dorpen-in-achtkarspelen_44681/ Villages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422033234/https://www.achtkarspelen.nl/inwoners-achtkarspelen/dorpen-in-achtkarspelen_44681/ |date=2017-04-22 }} - Achtkarspelen {{in lang|nl}}</ref> Buitenpost is the second largest settlement in the [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]].<ref name="stat"/>

Buitenpost is home to the Netherlands' largest [[botanical garden|botanical herbal garden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.museum.nl/nl/botanische-tuin-de-kruidhof |title=Botanische Tuin De Kruidhof |website=Museum.nl |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref><ref name="plaats"/>