County of Dorset (Dorset), England

County Snapshot

Dorset at a glance

Dorset currently has 30 quality-checked populated place pages linked on MapSof, making it easier to jump from the county overview into local city pages.

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Mapped populated places

30

These counts use a stricter populated-place filter so the main lists stay focused on real city and town pages.

England counties

131

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Largest city

Weymouth

Population 57,691

Top linked places

Weymouth 57,691 Ferndown 17,650 Dorchester 16,879 Wimborne Minster 14,884

State	England (United Kingdom)
Latitude & Longitude	50.7500,-2.3333
Time Zone	Europe/London
Local time	09:31:36 (23rd April 2026)

Geography

Dorset is located at 50°45'0"N 2°19'60"W (50.7500000, -2.3333300).