Reiderland is a municipality in the province Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands, which was founded in 1990 during a large municipal reorganization. The former municipalities Finsterwolde and Bad Nieuweschans were abolished and added to Beerta. In 1992, the new municipality was given its current name. It is one of the only four municipalities in the Netherlands that have communist councillors (the other three are Heiloo, Scheemda and Lemsterland). In the 2002 municipal elections the New C… (More on Reiderland)