Var
a department in the extreme S. E. of France; area, 2,349 square miles; pop. about 340,000. The department receives its name from the Var river, which formerly served as its boundary on the E., but which, since the from Var and added to the Alpes Mariarrondissement of Grasse was taken times, now belongs entirely to the latter. Var is well watered by a great number of streams, of which the chief are the Gapau, Argens, and Bianson. In the N. and N. E. it is mountainous, being traversed by a branch of the l'Esterel. Between the mountains and the water courses are many very fertile altitude of the surface, is pleasant.
Fruits of all kinds are here cultivated with remarkable success; tobacco is grown, and much wine is produced. The department abounds in minerals, and carries on an active commerce. It is divided into the three arrondissements Capital Draguignan.
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