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Until the beginning of the 19th century, the river had no bridges; it was the border between France and the
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for most of its length, with a short (~15 km or ~9 mi) stretch in the
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This article is about river in southern France. For river in Romania, see
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département. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the
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The Var flows through the following départements and towns:
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and flows generally southeast to its outflow into the
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50 to 100 m/s (1,800 to 3,500 cu ft/s)
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Var River
Var (Olt)

Entrevaux

France
Maritime Alps
Mouth
Mediterranean Sea
43°39′13″N 7°11′59″E / 43.65361°N 7.19972°E / 43.65361; 7.19972
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[ˈbaɾ]
Italian
Latin
river
France
drainage basin
Alpes-Maritimes
département
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Var
County of Nice
Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
Indo-European
Col de la Cayolle
Maritime Alps
Mediterranean Sea
Nice
Saint-Laurent-du-Var

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