Varades
| Varades | ||
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The château in Varades | ||
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  Varades | ||
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  Varades | ||
| Coordinates: 47°23′07″N 1°01′44″W / 47.3853°N 1.0289°WCoordinates: 47°23′07″N 1°01′44″W / 47.3853°N 1.0289°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Ancenis | |
| Canton | Ancenis | |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Ancenis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Claude Gautier | |
| Area1 | 45.82 km2 (17.69 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 3,527 | |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44213 / 44370 | |
| Elevation | 7–74 m (23–243 ft) | |
| Website | http://www.varades.fr/ | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Varades 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.[1]
Twinning
Varades has since August 2009 been twinned with the small Welsh town of Knighton.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 18 December 2015
- ↑ "Knighton Twinning Association". Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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