Varetz

Varetz (French pronunciation: [vaʁɛs] or [vaʁɛts]; Occitan: Vares) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Varetz
Commune
The church in Varetz
Coat of arms
Location of Varetz
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Coordinates: 45°11′41″N 1°27′05″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Brive-la-Gaillarde
Canton	Malemort
Intercommunality	CA Bassin de Brive
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Béatrice Londeix[1]
Area 1	20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,436
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	19278 /19240
Elevation	90–262 m (295–860 ft) (avg. 109 m or 358 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies in the urban area of Brive-la-Gaillarde between Objat and Brive-la-Gaillarde at the confluence of the Vézère and the Correze. Varetz station and Le Burg station have rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Saint-Yrieix and Limoges.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,123	—
1975	1,278	+1.86%
1982	1,643	+3.65%
1990	1,851	+1.50%
1999	1,918	+0.40%
2007	2,109	+1.19%
2012	2,297	+1.72%
2017	2,425	+1.09%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department