Súdwest-Fryslân
Southwest Friesland ( fy, Súdwest-Fryslân ) is a municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 84,092 in August 2017. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Sú ...
municipality in the province of
Friesland
Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...
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. It had a population of around 110 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1527 as Reensterzyl, and means "water border". Rien started as a satellite of
Lytsewierrum
Lytsewierrum ( nl, Lutkewierum) is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 68 in January 2017.sluice.
Rien was home to 321 people in 1840. It was award village status in 1954. Before 2018, the village was part of the
Littenseradiel
Littenseradiel () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, known in Dutch as Littenseradeel (). The municipality was formed on 1 January 1984 by a merger of the former municipalities Baarderadeel and Hennaarderadeel. On 1 January 2018 ...
municipality and before 1984 it belonged to
Hennaarderadeel Hennaarderadeel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland, southwest of Leeuwarden. Since 1984, the area has been a part of the municipality of Littenseradiel
Littenseradiel () is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, ...