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Var is a département in the region on the Mediterranean coast of . Var is known for the harbour of Toulon, the main port of the French Navy, for its seaside resorts, the most famous of which is Saint-Tropez, for some fine…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Toulon and Saint-Tropez.

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is a medium-sized city between and . It is in the west of and in the southeast of Provence. Its old port has a huge marina, and receives many cruise ships.

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is a commune in the Var department and the region of , Southern France. It is 68 kilometres west of and 100 kilometres east of , on the , of which it is one of the best-known towns.

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, Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm, or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the region in southeastern .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël.

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is a coastal town in the , near St. Raphael. This Roman city's many buildings make it the richest concentration of this period in France after Arles.

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St. Raphaël is in the , in the department of the Var. It is next to . This city is spread along the coast and divided in sub-city as Theoule, Agay, Boulouris, Valescure, etc.

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is a small town of 8,400 people west of Toulon in the province of Var. It is a popular resort also known for its wine.

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is a seaside town in Var on the Mediterranean coast of France. In addition to its 4 km of fine sandy beaches, the town has a nautical resort offering diving, sailing, jet skiing, maritime excursions.

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is a commune in the Var department, Region, southeastern . It has a Mediterranean climate. is a city in bloom and won the 2003 Gold Medal awarded by the Entente Florale.

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, popularly known as Sanary, is a commune in the Var department in the region, Southeastern . is located in coastal on the Mediterranean Sea, 13 km west of and 49 km southeast of .

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is a commune in the Var department in the region, Southeastern . It lies between the cities of to the northwest and to the east.

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is in Var, with its neighbour town of it forms a virtually integral settlement.

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is a commune in the Var department in the region in southeastern France. is a provençal village in the Upper Var located north east of the .

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is an idyllic village with more than 4,000 citizens. It is close to the cote d'azur but it lays in the hills and isn't that hot in summer. It has a famous old town and a 12th century pittoresque castle.

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is a commune in the Var department in the region in southeastern .

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is in Var in Southeastern France between Marseilles and Nice about 50 km from the Mediterranean Sea. Located on the Cassole river, it provides easy access to Nice, Marseilles, Frejus, Cannes, the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, Aix-en-Provence, and the Roman cities to the west.

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is a village in , classified among Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.

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, also known as the Île de , is an island in the , Var, , . Its land area is 1,254 hectares and in 2004, its population has been about 200.

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, sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the , near . It is one of the four that constitute the .

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is a French national park in Var, . The park is a Mediterranean park, in the coastal archipelago of the Hyères Islands and includes part of the island of Porquerolles, the islands of Port-Cros and Bagaud, the islet of Gabinière and the rock of Rascas as well as the surrounding waters.

Var

Latitude of center
43.4586° or 43° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
6.2915° or 6° 17′ 29″ east
Population
1,070,000
Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2970749
Wiki­data ID
Q12789
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Var” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Var”
  • Albanian: “Var”
  • Arabic: “فار”
  • Aragonese: “Var”
  • Armenian: “Վար”
  • Arpitan: “Var”
  • Asturian: “Var”
  • Azerbaijani: “Var”
  • Balinese: “Var (departemén)”
  • Balinese: “Var”
  • Basque: “83”
  • Basque: “Var”
  • Belarusian: “Вар (дэпартамент)”
  • Belarusian: “Вар”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Вар”
  • Bengali: “ভার”
  • Breton: “Var”
  • Bulgarian: “Вар”
  • Catalan: “Var”
  • Cebuano: “Var”
  • Chechen: “ВагӀ (департамент)”
  • Chechen: “ВагӀ”
  • Chinese: “Var”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔省”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾省”
  • Chinese: “華爾”
  • Chuvash: “Вар”
  • Corsican: “Var”
  • Corsican: “Varu”
  • Czech: “Var”
  • Danish: “Var”
  • Dutch: “Var (departement)”
  • Dutch: “Var”
  • Esperanto: “Var”
  • Estonian: “Var’i departemang”
  • Estonian: “Vari departemang”
  • Finnish: “Var”
  • French: “Département du Var”
  • French: “Var”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Var”
  • Galician: “Var”
  • Georgian: “ვარი”
  • Georgian: “ვარის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Département du Var”
  • German: “Département Var”
  • German: “Var”
  • Greek: “Βαρ”
  • Gujarati: “વાર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Var-sén”
  • Hebrew: “ואר (מחוז)”
  • Hebrew: “ואר”
  • Hindi: “वार”
  • Hungarian: “Var”
  • Indonesian: “Var”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento Var”
  • Interlingua: “Var”
  • Irish: “Var”
  • Italian: “Var”
  • Italian: “Varo”
  • Japanese: “ヴァール県”
  • Kannada: “ವಾರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Вар”
  • Kongo: “Var”
  • Korean: “바르주”
  • Ladin: “Var”
  • Ladino: “Var”
  • Latin: “Varus”
  • Latvian: “Vāra”
  • Limburgan: “Var”
  • Lithuanian: “Varas”
  • Lombard: “Var”
  • Low German: “Var”
  • Luxembourgish: “Departement Var”
  • Macedonian: “Вар”
  • Malagasy: “Var”
  • Malay: “Var”
  • Marathi: “व्हार”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Var”
  • Northern Frisian: “Var (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Var”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Var”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Departementet Var”
  • Norwegian: “Var”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Var”
  • Ossetian: “Вар (департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Вар”
  • Pampanga: “Var”
  • Persian: “ور”
  • Piemontese: “Dipartiment dël Var”
  • Piemontese: “Var”
  • Polish: “Var”
  • Portuguese: “Var”
  • Romanian: “departamentul Var”
  • Romanian: “Var”
  • Russian: “Вар”
  • Scots: “Var”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Var”
  • Serbian: “Вар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Var”
  • Sinhala: “වාර්”
  • Slovak: “Var”
  • Slovenian: “Var”
  • Spanish: “Var”
  • Swahili: “Var”
  • Swedish: “Var”
  • Tajik: “Департаменти Вар”
  • Tamil: “வார்”
  • Telugu: “వార్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดวาร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Département Var”
  • Turkish: “Var”
  • Ukrainian: “Вар”
  • Urdu: “وار”
  • Venetian: “Varo”
  • Vietnamese: “Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur”
  • Vietnamese: “Var”
  • Vlaams: “Var”
  • Volapük: “Var”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Var”
  • Welsh: “Var”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع وار”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦尔省”
  • Yue Chinese: “華爾”

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