For a long time, it only had 1 inhabitant, when one of the houses was empty.

By only having 1 inhabitant, it made it to the 1984 Guinness Book of Records.

The fire department had difficulty finding the village, and arrived late.

[4] The municipality tried to condemn the village, however Brattinga successfully protested the decision, and remained on his farm even though he had no gas or electricity, and used a water tank.

[1][5] Westerdiepsterdallen is not a statistical unit, and is considered part of Wildervank.