Varennes-en-Argonne

Varennes-en-Argonne
Varennes-en-Argonne
Commune
	Tower Louis XVI and the river Aire
	Coat of arms
	Location of Varennes-en-Argonne
	Varennes-en-Argonne Varennes-en-Argonne
	Coordinates: 49°13′37″N 5°02′06″E / 49.2269°N 5.035°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Clermont-en-Argonne
Intercommunality	Argonne-Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Fosseprez
Area 1	11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population (2021)	633
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55527 /55270
Elevation	144–264 m (472–866 ft) ; (avg. 195 m or 640 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Varennes-en-Argonne (French pronunciation: [vaʁɛn ɑ̃.n‿aʁɡɔn], literally Varennes in Argonne) or simply Varennes (German: Wöringen) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 639.

Geography

Varennes-en-Argonne lies on the river

Verdun

.

Varennes is most notable as was the ending point of the

Tuileries in humiliating captivity, and Louis and Marie-Antoinette were subsequently guillotined

Located in the

First World War but was reconstructed afterwards. The Pennsylvania Memorial, a monument for volunteers from 28th Division Pennsylvania in the First World War, was erected in Varennes during the Interwar period