Var

Var (département) : Le Var (/vaʁ/) est un département français situé en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, il doit son nom au fleuve côtier qui constituait jadis sa limite orientale mais qui ne l’arrose plus aujourd’hui.
Il est le seul département français à avoir eu dans l’histoire quatre chefs-lieux différents : Brignoles, Grasse, Draguignan et enfin Toulon. Le chef-lieu du département est ainsi Toulon, tandis que Draguignan et Brignoles en sont les sous-préfectures. En 1860, l’arrondissement de Grasse, alors sous-préfecture du Var, est détaché pour intégrer le nouveau département des Alpes-Maritimes. Les habitants du Var sont appelés les Varois. L’Insee et La Poste lui attribuent le code 83. Var (département) sur Wikipédia (fr) 

Var (department) : Var (French: [vaʁ] ; Occitan: [ˈbaɾ]) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It is bordered on the east by the Alpes-Maritimes department; to the west by Bouches-du-Rhône; to the north of the river Verdon by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department; and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 1,119,307 in 2023.
The Var department takes its name from the river Var, which flowed along its eastern boundary, until the boundary was moved in 1860 and the department is no longer associated with the river. It is part of the French Riviera, a major tourist area of the country.
Toulon is Var’s largest city and administrative capital, known as the prefecture. Other important towns in Var include Fréjus, Saint-Raphaël, Draguignan, Brignoles, Hyères and La Seyne-sur-Mer. 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 examples of Romanesque and other medieval architecture, such as Le Thoronet Abbey and the Fréjus Cathedral, for its wines, particularly the wines of Bandol, as well as for its motorsport race track Circuit Paul Ricard, located in Le Castellet. Var (department) sur Wikipédia (en)