Var

The Var (French pronunciation: ​[vaʁ]) is a French depairtment in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in Provence, in sootheast Fraunce. It taks its name frae the river Var, whilk uised tae rin alang its eastren bundary, but the bundary wis muivit in 1860. The Var is bordered eastlins bi the depairtment o Alpes-Maritimes; wastlins bi Bouches-du-Rhône northlins o the Verdon River bi the depairtment o Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an soothlins bi the Mediterranean Sea.

Var
Depairtment
Coat airms
Location o Var in Fraunce
Coordinates: 43°30′N 06°20′E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Prefectur	Toulon
Subprefecturs	Brignoles Draguignan
Govrenment
• Preses o the General Cooncil	Horace Lanfranchi
Area
• Total	5973 km2 (2,306 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	995,934
• Rank	21st
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment number	83
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	43
Communes	153
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2

Toulon is the lairgest ceety an admeenistrative caipital o the Var. Ither important touns in the Var include Fréjus, Saint-Raphael, Draguignan, Brignoles an Hyères.

The Var is kent for the harbour o Toulon, the main port o the French Navy; for its seaside resorts, the maist famous o whilk is Saint-Tropez; for some fine insaumples o Romanesque an medieval airchitectur, lik the Le Thoronet Abbey an Fréjus Cathedral; a for its wines, pairteecularly the wines o Bandol.

Freemit airtins

• Var at Curlie
• (in French) Website of the General Council Archived 2004-06-24 at the Wayback Machine – The department's governing body
• (in French) toulon.org Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine – Many photographs cities and Var tourism guide
• (in French) www.toulonnais.com Archived 2021-01-15 at the Wayback Machine – The monuments, the past, the plans o the ceety o Toulon. Mony photaes inside
• (in French) Life In Toulon Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine