Somerset | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Somerset in Manitoba |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Pembina Valley Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 4 |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Name2: | Branden Leslie |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Leader Name3: | Lauren Stone |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1889 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1962 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2006 Census[1] |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | −6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
Coordinates: | 49.4122°N -98.6606°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | R0G 2L0 |
Area Code: | 204 |
Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
Blank1 Info: | 062G07 |
Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
Blank2 Info: | GAZTM |
Somerset is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[2] in the Municipality of Lorne within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015.
Somerset has a clinic, gas station, restaurant, two churches, a drive-in, a hotel, a grain elevator, a high school, a curling rink, a skating rink and a library. The community is also home to the large concrete plant, Boulet Brothers Concrete.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Somerset had a population of 420 living in 195 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 437. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]