Varen, Switzerland

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Varen Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°36′E / 46.317°N 7.600°ECoordinates: 46°19′N 7°36′E / 46.317°N 7.600°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Leuk
Government
• Mayor	Gilbert Loretan
Area
• Total	12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2,490 ft)
Population (Dec 2002)
• Total	857
• Density	66.95/km2 (173.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3953
Surrounded by	Inden, Leuk, Mollens, Salgesch
Website	www.varen.ch ; SFSO statistics

Varen (Walliser German: Faru, French: Varonne) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

It is famous as the birthplace of skier Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan.

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Municipality in Switzerland
Coat of arms
Location of Varen Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°36′E / 46.317°N 7.600°E / 46.317; 7.600Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°36′E / 46.317°N 7.600°E / 46.317; 7.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Leuk
Government
• Mayor	Gilbert Loretan
Area
• Total	12.8 km² (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2,490 ft)
Population (Dec 2002)
• Total	857
• Density	66.95/km² (173.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3953
Surrounded by	Inden, Leuk, Mollens, Salgesch
Website	www.varen.ch SFSO statistics