Somerset

Summary

Somerset is a ceremonial county of England^[1]. Somerset has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Somerset is located in South West England^[3].
• Somerset is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Somerset's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[5].
• Somerset's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[6].
• Somerset's capital is recorded as Taunton^[7].
• Somerset's shares border with is recorded as Devon^[8].
• Somerset's shares border with is recorded as Dorset^[9].
• Somerset's shares border with is recorded as Gloucestershire^[10].
• Somerset's shares border with is recorded as Wiltshire^[11].
• Somerset's shares border with is recorded as City of Bristol^[12].
• Somerset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bath and North East Somerset^[13].
• Somerset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Somerset^[14].
• Somerset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as North Somerset^[15].
• Somerset is part of South West England^[16].
• Somerset's Commons category is recorded as Somerset^[17].
• Somerset's said to be the same as is recorded as Somerset^[18].
• Somerset's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.3, 'lon': -3}^[19].
• Somerset's official website is recorded as https://www.somerset.gov.uk/^[20].
• Somerset's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Somerset^[21].
• Somerset has a population of {'amount': '+940200'}^[22].
• Somerset has a population of {'amount': '+965424'}^[23].
• Somerset has a population of {'amount': '+975782'}^[24].
• Somerset's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Somerset's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Somerset's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Somerset is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Somerset is located in South West England^[3]. Somerset is part of South West England^[16].

Physical Characteristics

Somerset covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4170.2401'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+940200'}^[22], {'amount': '+965424'}^[23], and {'amount': '+975782'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ceremonial county of England^[5] and human settlement^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Somerset include Somerset County^[29], a county of Maine^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1809^[32] and Somerset Street^[33], a street^[34], in Canada^[35].

Why It Matters

Somerset has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Somerset is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Somerset include Somerset County^[29], a county of Maine^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1809^[32] and Somerset Street^[33], a street^[34], in Canada^[35].