Varėna
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  Varėna
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| Country |  Lithuania |
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| Ethnographic region | Dzūkija | ||
| County | Alytus County | ||
| Municipality | Varėna district municipality | ||
| Capital of | Varėna district municipality Varėna elderate |
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| 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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