Varades
The château in Varades
The château in Varades
Coat of arms of Varades
Location of Varades
Varades is located in France
Varades
Varades
Varades is located in Pays de la Loire
Varades
Varades
Coordinates: 47°23′07″N 1°01′44″W / 47.3853°N 1.0289°W / 47.3853; -1.0289
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementChâteaubriant-Ancenis
CantonAncenis-Saint-Géréon
CommuneLoireauxence
Area
1
45.82 km2 (17.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
3,697
  Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Varadaises, Varadais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
44370
Elevation7–74 m (23–243 ft)
Websitewww.varades.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Varades (French pronunciation: [vaʁad]; Breton: Gwared) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Loireauxence.[2]

Twinning

Varades has since August 2009 been twinned with the small Welsh/English border town of Knighton.[3]

See also

References

  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 18 December 2015
  3. "Knighton Twinning Association". Retrieved 23 November 2009.



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