Somerset is an unincorporated community recognized as a
local urban district
A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents and ...
in the
Municipality of Lorne
The Municipality of Lorne (french: Municipalité de Lorne) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
History
The RM was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Lorne and the villages of Notre-Dam ...
within the
Canadian province of
Manitoba
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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.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
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.
Climate
References
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Designated places in Manitoba
Former villages in Manitoba
Local urban districts in Manitoba
Pembina Valley Region
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba