Coordinates: 47°23′07″N 1°01′44″W / 47.3853°N 1.0289°W / 47.3853; -1.0289

Varades

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Varades
The château in Varades
The château in 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.