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Somerville (Raritan), Somerset County, New Jersey, USAi
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Somerville (Raritan)Borough
Somerset CountyCounty
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Somerville Iron Works

Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
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Somerville Iron Works

Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
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Somerville Iron Works

Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Neighbouring regions:
Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Type:
Borough
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Somerville12,202 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
235307
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:235307:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Somerville, comté de Somerset, New Jersey, États-Unis
German:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Somerville, contea di Somerset, New Jersey, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Сомервилл, Сомерсет, Нью-Джерси, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
桑莫維爾, 萨默塞特县 , 新泽西州, 美国
Spanish:
Somerville, Condado de Somerset, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
سومرفيل , مقاطعة سومرست, نيوجيرسي, الولايات المتحدة
Asturian:
Somerville, Nueva Jersey, Estaos Xuníos d'América
Basque:
Somerville , Somerset konderria , New Jersey
Belarusian:
Самервіл, Самерсэт, Нью-Джэрсі, Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі
Catalan:
Somerville, Nova Jersey, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Somerville , Somerset County , New Jersey
Chechen:
Самервилл , Нью-Джерси, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Danish:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Dutch:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Somerville, Nov-Ĵerzejo
Farsi/Persian:
سومرویل، نیوجرسی, شهرستان سامرست، نیوجرسی, نیوجرسی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Somerville, New Jersey, Yhdysvallat
Haitian:
Somerville, Nou Jèze, Etazini
Hebrew:
סמרוויל, מחוז סאמרסט, ניו ג'רזי, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Somerville, Somerset megye, New Jersey, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Somerville, New Jersey, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
サマーヴィル , サマセット郡, ニュージャージー州, アメリカ合衆国
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Сомерсвилл, Нью-Джерси, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Korean:
서머빌, 뉴저지주, 미국
Kyrgyz:
Сомерсвилл, Нью-Джерси, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Ladin:
Somerville
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Somerville, Somerset Kūn
Norwegian:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Polish:
Somerville, Hrabstwo Somerset, New Jersey, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Somerville, Condado de Somerset, Nova Jérsia, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Самервил, Округ Самерсет , Њу Џерзи, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, Sjedinjene Američke Države
South Azerbaijani:
سومرویل، نیوجرسی, نیوجرسی ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Tatar:
Самервилл , Нью-Джерси, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Самервілл, Сомерсет, Нью-Джерсі, Сполучені Штати Америки
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Somerville, Nyu-Jersi, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Volapük:
Somerville, New Jersey, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Somerville, New Jersey, Unol Daleithiau America


NOTE: The geographic coordinates presented are taken from the Bound Brook topo map. The USGS GNIS database presents 2 sets of coordinates for this borough.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_New_Jersey
Wikidata ID:Q1088776
GeoNames ID:5104774

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