Var (Department, France)

Last modified: 2006-12-23 by ivan sache
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• Administrative data
• Flag of the General Council of Var

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Var (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Toulon
  • Cogolin
  • Fréjus
  • Hyères
  • Saint-Tropez
  • Les Salles-sur-Verdon
• Var (Department, France): Yacht clubs

Administrative data

Code: 83
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Traditional province: Provence
Bordering departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône

Area: 5,973 km²
Population (1995): 872,900 inhabitants

Préfecture: Toulon (from 1797 to 1974, Draguignan)
Sous-préfectures: Brignoles, Draguignan
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 41 cantons, 153 communes.

The department is named after the river Var (120 km). When the department of Alpes-Maritimes was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Grasse, then in Var, was incorporated to Alpes-Maritimes. This is the reason why the river Var does not flow in the department of Var.

Flag of the General Council

Flag of the General Council of Var - Image by Philippe-Pierre Darras, 6 July 2000

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