Someren () 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 language).[Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, ] In Brabantian, Someren is known as Zummere.
Population centres
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Someren, June 2015
Notable people
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Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans (born 1944 in Someren) Bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch
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Marie-José de Groot (born 1966 in Someren) a Dutch rower, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Vincent Voorn (born 1984 in Someren) a Dutch show jumper, competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Evy Kuijpers (born 1995 in Lierop) a Dutch professional racing cyclist
Gallery
File:Someren, het gemeentehuis foto3 2014-05-18 15.53.jpg|Someren, townhall
File:20140724 Border of North Brabant and Limburg (the Netherlands) alongside Zuid-Willemsvaart 01 (cropped).jpg|Border of North Brabant and Limburg alongside Zuid-Willemsvaart
File:Someren, standerdmolen Den Evert RM34114 foto6 2016-10-16 15.55.jpg|Someren, windmill: standerdmolen Den Evert
File:Somerense Heide.jpeg|Somerense Heide
File:Someren Ruimtelijk Object Jan Samsom.jpg|Someren Ruimtelijk Object Jan Samsom
File:20140724 Sluis (canal lock) 13 in Zuid-Willemsvaart 01.jpg|Sluis (canal lock) 13 in Zuid-Willemsvaart
File:Lierop, de Heilige Naam Jezuskerk RM34115 IMG 3739 2022-10-30 12.39.jpg|Lierop, church: Heilige Naam Jezuskerk
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