Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west , Neuenkirchen , ( Lower Saxony ) in the north , IbbenbÃ 1\/4 ren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east .
Simplified: Villages close to Mettingen are Recke in the west , Neuenkirchen , ( Lower Saxony ) in the north , IbbenbÃ 1\/4 ren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east .