Varades

Part of Loireauxence in Pays de la Loire, France

47°23′07″N 1°01′44″W / 47.3853°N 1.0289°W / 47.3853; -1.0289CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentLoire-AtlantiqueArrondissementChâteaubriant-AncenisCantonAncenis-Saint-GéréonCommuneLoireauxence Area45.82 km² (17.69 sq mi)Population3,697 • Density81/km² (210/sq mi)Demonym(s)Varadaises, VaradaisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation7–74 m (23–243 ft)Websitewww.varades.fr¹ 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]

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

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department