Sweden
Västra Götaland County
Vara Municipality

Vara

Vara is a locality and the seat of , , with 4,235 inhabitants in 2019. Notable landmarks include the , the artwork on the train station called Blue Orange, Bengtssonska granary, and a .
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  • Type: Town with 3,890 residents
  • Description: urban area in Vara Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Vara, Sweden” and “Wara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vara railway station and Vara Church.

Railway station
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a concert hall at Vara in , . The concert hall was designed by architect Blake J McConahy and was inaugurated in September 2003. It has two halls; the main one has 517 seats and the smaller one has 67 seats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emtunga and Long.

Village
is a locality situated in , , with 273 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 2½ km east of Vara.

Hamlet
Photo: Melissius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km north of Vara.

Village
is a locality situated in , , with 472 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 5 km southwest of Vara.

Vara

Latitude
58.26113° or 58° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
12.95618° or 12° 57′ 22″ east
Population
3,890
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE VAX
Open location code
9FCJ7X64+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25710724
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2665018
Wiki­data ID
Q1754738
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Vara” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vara, Suedi”
  • Belarusian: “Вара (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Вара”
  • Cebuano: “Vara (parokya)”
  • Chinese: “Vara, Sweden”
  • Chinese: “瓦拉 (瑞典)”
  • Danish: “Vara”
  • Dutch: “Vara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤارا، السويد”
  • Faroese: “Vara”
  • Finnish: “Vara”
  • French: “Vara”
  • German: “Vara”
  • Icelandic: “Vara, Svíþjóð”
  • Icelandic: “Vara”
  • Irish: “Vara”
  • Italian: “Vara”
  • Japanese: “ヴァラ (スウェーデン)”
  • Japanese: “ヴァラ”
  • Ladin: “Vara”
  • Lithuanian: “Vara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vara i Sverige”
  • Norwegian: “Vara”
  • Persian: “وارا، سوئد”
  • Polish: “Vara”
  • Portuguese: “Vara”
  • Romanian: “Vara, Suedia”
  • Russian: “Вара”
  • Scots: “Vara, Swaden”
  • Scots: “Vara”
  • Swedish: “T5500”
  • Swedish: “Vara, Västergötland”
  • Swedish: “Vara”
  • Tagalog: “Vara, Suwesya”
  • Tagalog: “Vara”
  • Ukrainian: “Вара (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вара”

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