Varín
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Varín () is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It is located at the Malá Fatra National Park and also serves as a tourist resort.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Varín
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Varin Kraj ZA 05.12.2011 12-30-54.jpg
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Varin-zilina-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Varin erb.jpg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Žilina District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Varín in the Žilina Region##Location of Varín in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1235
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 358
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 130 3
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 41
- Slovak place.registration_plate
- ZA
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Varín
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Žilina District
- Population
- 3841
- Area
- 19.092089
- Elevation
- 358
- Body of water
- Varínka
- Official website
- www.varin.sk
- Image
- Varin Kraj ZA 05.12.2011 12-30-54.jpg
- Dialing code
- 041
- Licence plate code
- ZA
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- Commons category
- Varín
- postal code
- 013 03
- time of earliest written record
- 1223-00-00
- native label
- Varín
- inception
- 1223-00-00
- P8168
- NGC 1385
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Notable natives and residents
- References
Varín () is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It is located at the Malá Fatra National Park and also serves as a tourist resort.
==Etymology== The name is derived from Proto-Slavic varъ (, "boiling"). The original name was a hydronym referring to foamed water.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Varín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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