The Var is an ideal department with many assets to call on to that will
help turn your business expansion or relocation plans into reality
in the very heart of the attractive Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur region,
where the land meets the sea.
Demographics
A department that appeals to the young, the working
population and the retired
The Var has a population of almost 960 000 inhabitants which is set
to rise sharply greatly by the 2020 timeline
to 1.1 million. Population density: 160 inhabitants per km2.
The Var's main centres of population:
- Toulon: 168 000 inhabitants.
- Fréjus: 50 000 inhabitants.
- Draguignan: 36 000 inhabitants.
- Toulon Provence Méditerranée Conurbation (11 communities): 424 000 inhabitants.
- Dracénoise Conurbation (16 communities): 89 000 inhabitants.
- Fréjus/Saint-Raphaël Conurbation (2 communities): 85 000 inhabitants.
Geography
- Total surface area: 5 973 km2.
- Sea front: 432 km long (including islands).
- 153 communities.