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Varėna

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Varėna
Coat of arms of Varėna
Coat of arms
Varėna (Lithuania)
Varėna
Varėna
Location of Varėna
Coordinates: 54°12′40″N 24°34′20″E / 54.21111, 24.57222
Country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Ethnographic region Dzūkija
County Alytus County
Municipality Varėna district municipality
Capital of Varėna district municipality
Varėna elderate
First mentioned 1377
Granted city rights 1946
Population (2005)
 - Total 10,555
 - Rank 38th
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Varėna is a city in Dzūkija, Lithuania. It was founded in 1862 near the railway Warsaw-Saint Petersburg. At that time it was a small settlement, but developed little by little and eventually became the center of the district in 1950.

After the 1970s the town grew rapidly following industrialization. Currently there are 10,555 residents in Varėna. Varėna district is the largest and most forested region in Lithuania.

In 1946 around 2000 Poles were allowed to leave for Poland[1]

[edit] Demoggraphics

Lithuanian census[citation needed] in 2001 showed that 6 % of population in the Varėna region is Polish[2].

[edit] Famous people

Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was born in Old Varėna in 1875.


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