Varades
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| local community | Loireauxence | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Ancenis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 23 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 44370 | |
| Former INSEE code | 44213 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 former town hall of Varades |
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Varades ( Breton : Gwared ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Loireauxence with 3,770 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Varadais .
Since January 1, 2016, the municipality of Varades has been part of the Commune nouvelle Loireauxence together with the former municipalities of Belligné , La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur and La Rouxière . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Ancenis and the Canton of Ancenis .
geography
Varades lies on the Loire and extends into the Muscadet-Coteaux de la Loire and Coteaux d'Ancenis wine-growing regions . The A11 autoroute and the former national routes 23 and 752 run through the area .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 2,565 | 2,741 | 2,882 | 2,929 | 3,039 | 3,193 | 3,527 | 3,501 |
Attractions
- church
- Madeleine Castle (also called Palais Briau ), Monument historique
- La Meilleraie, former fishing village
- Bonchamps house in La Meilleraie
Varades airfield
During the Second World War in 1944 there was a field airfield of the German Air Force 2.5 km southwest of Varades . From mid-June 1944, the 9th Squadron of Destroyer Wing 1 (9th / ZG 1), which was withdrawn in mid-July , was located here, equipped with the Ju 88C . Then Bf 109G of Group I of Jagdgeschwader 27 (I./JG 27) were stationed here until shortly before the end of the month .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1327-1340.
