Varonne

Geschichte

Varen is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryVaren is first mentioned in 1225 as Varonam.Varen was used as a setting for the British/American crime drama "The Missing"GeographyVaren has an area, of 12.8km2. Of this area, 4.06km2 or 31.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.35km2 or 34.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.51km2 or 4.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.17km2 or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and 3.67km2 or 28.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 30.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 1.6% is pastures, while 9.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 20.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.8% is unproductive vegetation and 18.9% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality is located in the Leuk district, on the right slope of the Rhone above the Pfynwald (Pfyn woods).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Tree Vert eradicated and trunked proper in base Coupeaux Vert on a Chief Azure three Mullets of Five Argent.DemographicsVaren has a population of., 5.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -7.3%. It has changed at a rate of 0.9% due to migration and at a rate of -2.7% due to births and deaths.