Someren
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Someren | |
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Town and municipality | |
| Listed (monument) windmill in Someren Listed (monument) windmill in Someren | |
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Flag of Someren Flag Coat of arms of Someren Coat of arms | |
| Highlighted position of Someren in a municipal map of North Brabant Location in North Brabant | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Elly Blanksma (acting) (CDA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.50 km2 (31.47 sq mi) |
| • Land | 80.27 km2 (30.99 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 19,428 |
| • Density | 242/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Somerenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5710–5715 |
| Area code | 0492, 0493 |
| Website | www |
Someren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsoːmərə(n)] Audio file "224 Someren.ogg" not found) is a municipality and town in the province of North Brabant in the Southern Netherlands. As of January 2019, the municipality had 19,322 inhabitants, with over half of the population residing in the town. Someren, just south of Helmond and to the north of Weert, Limburg, is located on the provincial border with Limburg.
The spoken dialect is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).[5] In Brabantian, Someren is known as Zummere.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]- Someren-Eind
- Someren-Heide
- Someren
- Lierop
Topography
[edit | edit source]Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Someren, June 2015
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans (born 1944 in Someren) Bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch
- Marie-José de Groot (born 1966 in Someren) a Dutch rower, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Vincent Voorn (born 1984 in Someren) a Dutch show jumper, competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Evy Kuijpers (born 1995 in Lierop) a Dutch professional racing cyclist
Gallery
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Someren, townhall
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Border of North Brabant and Limburg alongside Zuid-Willemsvaart
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Someren, windmill: standerdmolen Den Evert
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Somerense Heide
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Someren Ruimtelijk Object Jan Samsom
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Sluis (canal lock) 13 in Zuid-Willemsvaart
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Lierop, church: Heilige Naam Jezuskerk
References
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External links
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- Official website
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