| Varkaus | |
| Official Name: | Finnish: Varkauden kaupunki Swedish: Varkaus stad |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Coordinates: | 62.3167°N 80.5°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Finland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Savonia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Varkaus |
| Leader Title: | Town manager |
| Leader Name: | Hannu Tsupari |
| Established Title: | Market town |
| Established Date: | 1929 |
| Established Title2: | City rights |
| Established Date2: | 1961 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Varkaus (before year 1929 Warkaus) is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between the city of Kuopio and the town of Savonlinna.
The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNVarkaus}} of which NaNVarkaus}} is water. The population density is NaNVarkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In old Finnish 'Varkaus' meant strait, and this city is located in the lake district on straits between two parts of Lake Saimaa. An extension of the Saimaa Canal passes through the town.
Varkaus was born in the late 19th century as an industrial community of the A. Ahlström paper mills. It was a part of the municipalities of Leppävirta and Joroinen until 1929 when Varkaus became a market town. During the Finnish Civil War in 1918 the town was taken over by the Reds, but because of its isolated location in rural Finland, it was soon taken by the Whites on the Battle of Varkaus 19–21 February. The whites proceeded to execute every tenth Red soldier.
The municipality of Kangaslampi was consolidated to Varkaus on 1 January 2005.
The bandy team Warkauden Pallo-35, or just WP-35, plays in the highest division, Bandyliiga, and has become Finnish champions 16 times.
Varkaus Speedway Stadion is a motorcycle speedway on the northern outskirts of the town off the Tykkitie road, adjacent to the motorcycle racing and karting facilities.[1] The Speedway circuit is one of the oldest in Finland and held the final of the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship three times.[2]
Varkaus is twinned with:
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