Loënga () is neighbourhood of

Sneek Sneek (; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdw ...

and a former 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

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, the

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. It has a population of around 95 in January 2017. In 1984, Loënga and Offingawier were annexed by

and are no longer independent villages.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1335 as "in Loinghum", and means "settlement of the people of Lode". Loënga was a ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...

'' (artificial living hill) village. The Dutch Reformed church dated from the 14th century, but was torn down in the middle of the 17th century. In 1620, a little belfry was placed in the cemetery. Loënga was home to 70 people in 1840. In 1984, it was annexed by the city of

. Before 2011, the village was part of

municipality and before 1984 it belonged to

Wymbritseradiel Wymbritseradeel (; official ) was a rural municipality () in the Dutch province of Friesland from 1984 until 2011. An earlier type of municipality () of the same name existed from 1500 until 1984. History Wymbritseradeel was formed from the d ...

municipality.

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