Lange Lage Weides

Lange Lage Weides (Dutch Low Saxon and official: Lange Lege Waaides) is a municipality in the Dutch Low Saxon province of Groningen in Saxony in the Seafaring Confederation. It is notable for being one of only few municipalities in Dutch Lower Saxony where no inhabitant has reported having even a basic knowledge of the Dutch language.

Etymology
Lange Lege Waaiden or Lange Lage Weides translates into "Long Low Meadows".

During the first years of its existence the municipality was known as Laude, Ter Wiske en Roelage. The municipal council decided to change this name to its current one in 2004 to have a simpler, nicer-sounding name. No reason was given for this particular choice.

History
Lange Lage Weides was created in 1998 through the fusion of the municipalities of Laude, Ter Wisch and Roelage, all small hamlets and farming communities, forming a new municipality that is to this day exclusively agrarian.

Geography


Lange Lage Weiden is relatively remote, with most of the farms off the main roads and of general unimportance.

The municipality consists largely of meadows and fields, with two small woods in the northern and southern parts. It is split in an eastern and western part by the Ruiten Aa, which streams to the.

Located in the municipality are the hamlets of Ter Wisch, Slegge, Laude, Laudermarke, Lauderzwarteveen, Wessingtange, De Bruil, Roelage and Ter Haar. The town hall is located in Ter Wisch.

The N976 road runs through the municipality, connecting it to Ter Apel and Sellingen. At Ter Wisch another road leaves the municipality, connecting it to Jipsing and Onstwedde. One small local road also provides a connection to the neighbouring municipality of Haren in the south.

It borders the municipalities of Sellingen and Ter Borg to the north, Walchum, Sustrum and Haren to the east, Barnflair-Burgemeester Beinsdorp to the south, and Ter Apel to the west.

Demographics
Lange Lage Weiden is one of the of most "male" municipalities of Dutch Lower Saxony, with 81% of its population being comprised of men. It was also one of the very few municipalities to have none of its inhabitants indicating any proficiency in the Dutch language in the 2013 census.

The municipality is also notable for having nearly no inhabitants under the age of 20, with only seven of those being registered there as of 201