Varėna
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| District : | Alytus | ||
| Rajong municipality : | Varėna | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 13 ' N , 24 ° 34' E | ||
| Area (place) : | 12 km² | ||
| Community area : | 2,218 km² | ||
| Inhabitants (place) : | 10,106 (2010) | ||
| Population density : | 842 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Inhabitant (municipality) : | 28,995 | ||
| Population density : | 13 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+370) 310 | ||
| Postal code : | 65001 | ||
| Status: | City, seat of a Rajonggemeinde | ||
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Varėna (German, outdated: Warnen , Polish Orany ) is the core city and seat of the Rajongemeinde of the same name in southeast Lithuania in the Dzūkija region . It has 10,106 inhabitants and is part and seat of an administrative district ( seniūnija ) with 15,120 inhabitants within the Rajongemeinde with 28,955 inhabitants.
history
The place arose on the railway line Warsaw - Vilnius - Saint Petersburg as part of Senoji Varėna (Old Varena). With its 1276 inhabitants, this now has the status of a separate village in the same administrative district.
The place (old) Varėna was first mentioned in 1413.
Since April 2000, Varėna has had a town partnership with Prenzlau in the Uckmark . The Varėna District Court existed until the Lithuanian judicial reform in 2018 .
Rajong Parish
see separate article Varėna Rajongemeinde
Twin cities
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Prenzlau , State of Brandenburg
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Mikołajki (Nikolaiken), Poland
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Nesterow (Stallupönen), Russia
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Skurup , Sweden
Daughters and sons
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuanian composer, pianist and painter
- Stasys Vėlyvis (* 1938), legal scholar
- Ausra Fridrikas (* 1967), handball player
