Somerset | |
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Location of Somerset in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 49°24′44″N 98°39′38″W / 49.41222°N 98.66056°WCoordinates: 49°24′44″N 98°39′38″W / 49.41222°N 98.66056°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Pembina Valley Region |
Census Division | No. 4 |
Established | 1889 |
Incorporated | 1962 |
Government | |
• MP | Candice Bergen |
• MLA | Blaine Pedersen |
Time zone | CST (UTC−6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
Postal Code | R0G 2L0 |
Area code(s) | 204 |
NTS Map | 062G07 |
GNBC Code | GAZTM |
Somerset is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Municipality of Lorne within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. The community had a 2006 census population of 432 inhabitants, a decline of 5.9% from 459 during the 2001 census.
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.