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Someren
Town and municipality
Listed (monument) windmill in Someren
Listed (monument) windmill in Someren
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
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Government
 • Body Municipal council
Area
 • Total 81.50 km2 (31.47 sq mi)
 • Land 80.30 km2 (31.00 sq mi)
 • Water 1.20 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (May 2014)
 • Total 18,793
 • Density 234/km2 (610/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Somerenaar
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5710–5715
Area code 0492, 0493

Someren (Dutch pronunciation: [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). In Brabantian, Someren is known as Zummere.

Population centres

  • Someren-Eind
  • Someren-Heide
  • Someren
  • Lierop

Topography

Gem-Someren-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Someren, June 2015

Notable people

  • 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

  • Someren, het gemeentehuis foto3 2014-05-18 15.53

    Someren, townhall

  • 20140724 Border of North Brabant and Limburg (the Netherlands) alongside Zuid-Willemsvaart 01 (cropped)

    Border of North Brabant and Limburg alongside Zuid-Willemsvaart

  • Someren, standerdmolen Den Evert RM34114 foto6 2016-10-16 15.55

    Someren, windmill: standerdmolen Den Evert

  • Somerense Heide

    Somerense Heide

  • Someren Ruimtelijk Object Jan Samsom

    Someren Ruimtelijk Object Jan Samsom

  • 20140724 Sluis (canal lock) 13 in Zuid-Willemsvaart 01

    Sluis (canal lock) 13 in Zuid-Willemsvaart

  • Lierop, de Heilige Naam Jezuskerk RM34115 IMG 3739 2022-10-30 12.39

    Lierop, church: Heilige Naam Jezuskerk

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