Someren | |
Settlement Type: | Town and municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Someren in a municipal map of North Brabant |
Coordinates: | 51.3833°N 48°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Dillia Blok (Ind.) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 26 |
Population Demonym: | Somerenaar |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 5710–5715 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0492, 0493 |
Someren (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈsoːmərə(n)/) 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).[3] In Brabantian, Someren is known as Zummere.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Someren, June 2015