''This article is about a French département. For other meanings, see Var (disambiguation).

Var is a département of southern France.

Var
Region Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur
Number 83
Préfecture Toulon
Sous-préfectures Brignoles, Draguignan
Area
 - Total
 - % water
5,973 km²
xx%
Population
 - Total (1999)
 - Density
898,441
150/km²

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Demographics
5 Culture
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 External links

History

Var was formed in 1790 of a part of Lower Provence, but in 1860 it was reduced by the transfer of the district of Grasse to the newly formed département of the Alpes-Maritimes, which is why the Var River does not now flow in the département to which it gives its name.

Geography

Var is bounded on the north by the département of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (the Verdon river forming the boundary), on the east by that of the Alpes-Maritimes, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the west by the département of the Bouches-du-Rhône.

Its area is 5,973 km², its greatest length is about 62 miles, and its greatest breadth about 56 miles.

See also: list of Communes of the Var département

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Miscellaneous topics

External links