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Var

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

Var is a d�partement of southern France.

Var
Region Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur
Number 83
Pr�fecture Toulon
Sous-pr�fectures 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 d�partement of the Alpes-Maritimes, which is why the Var River does not now flow in the d�partement to which it gives its name.

Geography

Var is bounded on the north by the d�partement 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 d�partement of the Bouches-du-Rh�ne.

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 d�partement

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Miscellaneous topics

External links