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County of Somerset

Somerset
County
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Motto: Sumorsǣte ealle
('All The People of Somerset')
Somerset within England
Somerset in England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country England
Region South West England
Established Historic
Ceremonial county
Area 4,171 km2 (1,610 sq mi)
 • Ranked 7th of 48
Population (mid-2015 est.) 940,200
 • Ranked 22nd of 48
Density 225/km2 (580/sq mi)
Ethnicity 98.5% White
Non-metropolitan county
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Executive Conservative
Admin HQ Taunton
Area 3,451 km2 (1,332 sq mi)
 • Ranked 12th of 27
Population 545,400
 • Ranked 23rd of 27
Density 158/km2 (410/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2 GB-SOM
ONS code 40
NUTS UKK23
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Districts of Somerset
Districts
  1. South Somerset
  2. Taunton Deane (Borough)
  3. West Somerset
  4. Sedgemoor
  5. Mendip
  6. Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary)
  7. North Somerset (Unitary)
Members of Parliament
Time zone GMT (UTC)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)

Somerset (Listeni/ˈsʌmərsɛt/) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills such as the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation from Paleolithic times, and of subsequent settlement in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The county played a significant part in the consolidation of power and rise of King Alfred the Great, and later in the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion. The city of Bath is famous for its substantial Georgian architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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