Rien is a village in

Súdwest-Fryslân Southwest Friesland ( ) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. It had a population of 89,999 in January 2021. Sneek is the municipal seat. With a total area of 841.56 km2, Southwest-Friesland is ...

municipality in the province of

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. 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 () 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 A sluice ( ) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. There are various types of sluice gates, including flap sluice gates and fan gates. Different depths are calculated when design s ...

. 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 201 ...

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to

Hennaarderadeel Hennaarderadeel (Dutch: Hennaarderadeel, Frisian: Hinnaarderadiel) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Friesland, southwest of Leeuwarden. Located in the northern Netherlands, the area was known for its predominantly rural ...

municipality.

Gallery

File:Overzicht - Rien - 20186758 - RCE.jpg, Houses in Rien File:Friesland (Netherlands, May-June 2020) - 66 (50553875167).jpg, Draw bridge File:Friesland (Netherlands, May-June 2020) - 79 (50550519811).jpg, Canal of Rien

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Súdwest-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub