Varben (Bulgarian: Върбен) is a village in central Bulgaria.

[1] It was established by refugees from the village of Poibrene, after the Ottomans quelled the April Uprising of 1876.

It is situated some 45 km northeast of Bulgaria's second largest city Plovdiv.

The nearest villages are Sarnegor to the northwest, Strelets to the southwest and Zlatosel to the east.

Varben is situated at the southern foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain range facing the Upper Thracian Plain.