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 |
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2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Miscellaneous topics 7 External links |
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.
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