Var
department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Summary
Var is a department of France[1]. Var draws 3,671 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #64 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Marc Giraud[5]
- Capital: Toulon[6]
- Shares border with: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[7], Alpes-Maritimes[8], Bouches-du-Rhône[9], Vaucluse[10]
- Named after: Var[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Brignoles[12], arrondissement of Draguignan[13], arrondissement of Toulon[14], Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume[15]
- Commons category: Var (department)[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17], UTC+02:00[18]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[19]
- Highest point: montagne de Lachens[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Var (department)[21]
- Commons gallery: Var[22]
- Population: 1,013,386[23], 1,048,652[24], 1,058,740[25], 1,067,697[26], 1,076,711[27], 1,085,189[28], 1,095,337[29], 1,108,364[30], 1,119,307[31]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[32]
- Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[33], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
- Official name: Var[40]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques du Var[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Var[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Var[43]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Var (department)[44]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Var (department)[45]
- Area: 5973 km²[46]
- Geography of topic: geography of Var[47]
Why It Matters
Var has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Var is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]