Varkaus

Varkaus is a town in . The adjacent municipalities of Joroinen and Kangaslampi are also handled in this article.
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  • Type: Town with 20,300 residents
  • Description: town in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland
  • Also known as: “conceyu de Varkaus”, “Laivalinna”, “Varkauden kauppala”, “Varkauden kaupunki”, “Varkaus (conceyu de Finlandia)”, “Varkaus (kaupunki)”, “Varkause linn”, “Warkauden kauppala”, and “Warkaus”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Varkaus railway station and Aalto Health and Social Services Centre.

Railway station
Photo: Junafani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located in the town of Varkaus, , in the region of . The distance from the Helsinki Central railway station is 424.7 kilometres, via the and stations.

Hospital
Photo: Paju, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hospital.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Varkaus

Latitude
62.3152° or 62° 18′ 55″ north
Longitude
27.8748° or 27° 52′ 29″ east
Population
20,300
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
IATA airport code
VRK
UN/LOCODE
FI VRK
Open location code
9GJ98V8F+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30969537
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
632370
Wiki­data ID
Q683525
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Varkaus” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Varkaus”
  • Arabic: “فاركاوس”
  • Armenian: “Վարկաուս”
  • Asturian: “Varkaus”
  • Bashkir: “Варкаус”
  • Belarusian: “Варкаус”
  • Catalan: “Varkaus”
  • Cebuano: “Varkaus”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔考斯”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾考斯”
  • Danish: “Varkaus”
  • Dutch: “Varkaus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فاركاوس”
  • Esperanto: “Varkaus”
  • Estonian: “Varkaus”
  • Finnish: “Varkaus”
  • French: “Varkaus”
  • Galician: “Varkaus”
  • Georgian: “ვარკაუსი”
  • German: “Varkaus”
  • Hungarian: “Varkaus”
  • Inari Sami: “Varkaus”
  • Irish: “Varkaus”
  • Italian: “Varkaus”
  • Japanese: “ヴァルカウス”
  • Korean: “바르카우스”
  • Kotava: “Varkaus”
  • Latin: “Varkaus”
  • Lithuanian: “Varkausas”
  • Livvi: “Varkaus”
  • Lombard: “Varkaus”
  • Macedonian: “Варкаус”
  • Moksha: “Варкаус”
  • Northern Sami: “Varkaus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Varkaus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Varkaus”
  • Norwegian: “Varkaus”
  • Persian: “وارکائوس”
  • Persian: “ورکوس”
  • Polish: “Varkaus”
  • Portuguese: “Varkaus”
  • Romanian: “Varkaus”
  • Russian: “Варкаус”
  • Serbian: “Varkaus”
  • Serbian: “Варкаус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Varkaus”
  • Skolt Sami: “Varkaus”
  • Slovenian: “Varkaus”
  • Spanish: “Varkaus”
  • Swedish: “Varkaus”
  • Turkish: “Varkaus”
  • Ukrainian: “Варкаус”
  • Urdu: “ورکاؤس”
  • Uzbek: “Varkaus”
  • Veps: “Varghuz”
  • Volapük: “Varkaus”
  • Western Mari: “Варкаус”
  • “Varkaus”

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