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Someren

Listed (monument) windmill in Someren

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in 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
- Topography
Notable people
Gallery
See also

Population centres

Someren-Eind
Someren-Heide
Someren
Lierop

Topography

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