The Var ( French: [vaʁ] , Occitan: [ˈbaɾ] ; Italian : Varo ; Latin : Varus ) is a river located in the southeast of France . It is 114 km (71 mi) long. Its drainage basin is 2,812 km (1,086 sq mi).
3-524: Saint-Martin-du-Var ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ dy vaʁ] , literally Saint-Martin of the Var ; Occitan : Sant Martin de Var ; Italian : San Martino del Varo ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France . This Alpes-Maritimes geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Var (river) The Var flows through
6-756: Is attested in Latin as Vārus and in Ancient Greek as Ouãros (Οὐᾶρος). It stems from the Indo-European root * uōr - (earlier *uer- ), meaning 'water, river' (cf. Sanskrit vār , Old Norse vari ). The Var rises near the Col de la Cayolle (2,326 m/7,631 ft) in the Maritime Alps and flows generally southeast to its outflow into the Mediterranean Sea between Nice and Saint-Laurent-du-Var . Its main tributaries are
9-610: The Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short (~15 km or ~9 mi) 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 (see Var ). Until the beginning of the 19th century, the river had no bridges; it was the border between France and the County of Nice , then part of Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia . The river name
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