Var (department)

Var
	The Department
Var
	fr. and ox. Var
Flag	Emblem
A country	France
Included in	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Includes	3 counties, 43 cantons and 153 communes
Adm. Centre	Toulon
Chairman of the General Council	Horace Lanfranci
History and Geography
Date of formation
Square	5973 km² (48th place )
Timezone	UTC + 1
Population
Population	1,026,222 people ( 2010 ) ( 22nd place )
Density	171.81 people / km² (26th place)
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	FR-83

Var ( fr. and ox. Var ) - a department in southeastern France , one of the departments of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region . The serial number is 83. The administrative center is Toulon ^[1] . The population is 1,026,222 people (22nd place among departments, 2010 data).

Content

History

Var is one of the first 83 departments formed during the French Revolution in March 1790 . Created on the territory of the former province of Provence . The name comes from the Var river. In 1860 , part of the territory of Var was cut off and transferred to the newly formed department of the Alpes-Maritimes , as a result of the Var river, which gave the name of the department, was outside its territory.

Thanks to climatic conditions, several centuries ago, he became the birthplace of the industrial production of essential oils.

Geographical position

The Var department is located in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast ( Cote d'Azur ), with an area of 5,973 km². The Côte d'Azur owes its popularity among holidaymakers to a pleasant climate - the mild and warm winters are replaced by non-hot summers . According to one version, the name was invented by the shocked look of the “marvelous beauty” of the Hyeres Bay French writer and poet ^[2] - in 1870 he published a novel called The Cote d'Azur.

Administrative division

The department includes 3 districts ( Brignoles , Draguignan and Toulon ), 43 cantons and 153 communes. In March 2015, there was a reassignment of some communes and a reduction in the number of cantons of the Var department from 43 to 23 ^[3] .

amount	Cantons of the Department of Var
From 2015: 23	Brignoles • Vidoban • Gareu • Draguignan • Hyères • La Garde • La Croix • La Saint-sur-Mer-1 • La Saint-sur-Mer-2 • Le Luc • Olyule • Roquebrune-sur-Argens • Saint-Maximin-la-Saint-Bom • Saint-Raphael • Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer • Saint-Maxim • Solles-Pont • Toulon-1 • Toulon-2 • Toulon-3 • Toulon-4 • Flejosk • Frejus
Until 2015: 43	Barge • Bess-sur-Isol • Brignoles • Grimaud • Draguignan • Hyères-East • Hyères-West • Callas • Collobrière • Com-sur-Artyuby • Cotignac • Cuer • La Vallette du Var • La Garde • La Croet • La Roquebrusant • La Saint-sur-Mer • Le Bosset • Le Luc • Le Muy • Lorg • Olyule • Ops • Ryan • Salern • Saint-Maximin-la-Saint-Bom • Saint-Mandri sur Mer • Saint-Raphael • Saint-Tropez • Sis-Four-les-Plages • Solles-Pont • Tavern • Toulon-1 • Toulon-2 • Toulon-3 • Toulon-4 • Toulon-5 • Toulon-6 • Toulon-7 • Toulon-8 • Toulon-9 • Fayans • Frejus

Notes

↑ Toulon // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
↑ Tourism Development in Europe - Cote d'Azur Archived July 30, 2013 by Wayback Machine
↑ Décret n ° 2014-270 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Var (French) . Directive February 27, 2014 . legifrance.gouv.fr. Date of treatment July 19, 2015.

Links

Préfecture (Fr.)
Maison du Tourisme de la Provence d'Azur (French)
Conseil général (Fr.)

[1] Toulon // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

[2] Tourism Development in Europe - Cote d'Azur Archived July 30, 2013 by Wayback Machine

[Decret-3] Décret n ° 2014-270 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Var (French) . Directive February 27, 2014 . legifrance.gouv.fr. Date of treatment July 19, 2015.