The Var is a river located in the southeast of France. It is 114 km long. Its drainage basin is 2,812 km. The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the département named after it. This is the result of the Nic…The Var is a river located in the southeast of France. It is 114 km long. Its drainage basin is 2,812 km. The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the département named after it. This is the result of the Nice Préfecture being too small to be considered a département by itself in the administrative reshuffling of 1860. Hence, some land had to be taken out of neighbouring Var region causing the eponymous département to lose it's namesake.
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