Somerset
ceremonial county of England (use Q21694741 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
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Somerset is a county in the United Kingdom[1]. Its county town is Taunton. Somerset covers an area of 4,200 square kilometers[2].
The population of Somerset was approximately 976,000 in 2020[3].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: South West England[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: human settlement[5]
- Capital: Taunton[6]
- Shares border with: Devon[7], Dorset[8], Gloucestershire[9], Wiltshire[10], City of Bristol[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bath and North East Somerset[12], Somerset[13], North Somerset[14]
- Part of: South West England[15]
- Commons category: Somerset[16]
- Said to be the same as: Somerset[17]
- Official website: https://www.somerset.gov.uk/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Somerset[19]
- Population: 940,200[20], 965,424[21], 975,782[22]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Somerset[27]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Somerset[28]
- Native label: Somerset[29]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Somerset[30]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Somerset[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Somerset[32]
- Different from: Somerset[33]
- Area: 4170.2401 km²[34]
- Geography of topic: geography of Somerset[35]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Somerset[36]
- Historic county: Somerset[37]
- Economy of topic: economy of Somerset[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Somerset include Somerset County[39], a county of Pennsylvania[40], in United States[41], founded in 1795[42] and Somerset Street[43], a street[44], in Canada[45].
Why It Matters
Somerset has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Somerset is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for Somerset include Somerset County[39], a county of Pennsylvania[40], in United States[41], founded in 1795[42] and Somerset Street[43], a street[44], in Canada[45].