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Varennes or Varennes-en-Argonne is a city in the French département of Meuse. Population (1999): 691.
It lies on the river Aire to the northeast of Sainte-Menehould, near Verdun.
Historians know the town as the scene of the flight to Varennes of 1791.
Varennes is also the name of other communes in France:
- Varennes, in the Dordogne département
- Varennes, in the Haute-Garonne département
- Varennes, in the Indre-et-Loire département
- Varennes, in the Somme département
- Varennes, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département
- Varennes, in the Vienne département
- Varennes, in the Yonne département
