Var (depairtment)

Var
—  Depairtment  —
Coat o 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
Aurie
- Tot	5,973 km2 (2,306.2 sq mi)
Indwallers (2007)
- Tot	995,934
- Rank	21st
- Densitie	166.7/km2 (431.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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

The Var (French pronunciation: [vaʁ]) is a French depairtment in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in Provence, in sootheast Fraunce. It takes its name frae the river Var, which uised tae flow alang its eastren bundary, but the bundary wis muivit in 1860. The Var is bordered on the east bi the depairtment o Alpes-Maritimes; tae the wast bi Bouches-du-Rhône tae the north o the Verdon River bi the depairtment o Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an tae the sooth bi the Mediterranean Sea.

Toulon is the lairgest ceety an admeenistrative caipital o the Var. Ither important touns in the Var include Fréjus, Saint-Raphael, Draguignan, Brignoles and 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 which is Saint-Tropez; for some fine examples o Romanesque an medieval airchitectur, such as the Le Thoronet Abbey an Fréjus Cathedral; a for its wines, pairticularly the wines of Bandol.

Freemit airtins

• Var at the Open Directory Project
• (French) Website of the General Council – The department's governing body
• (French) toulon.org – Many photographs cities and Var tourism guide
• (French) www.toulonnais.com – The monuments, the past, the plans of the city of Toulon. Many photographs inside
• (French) Life In Toulon