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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, arrondissement of Grasse, then in Var, was rattached to Alpes-Maritimes. This is the reason why the river Var does not flow in the department of Var.
The General Council also uses the modern banner of arms of Provence.