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Place details
- Locality
- Vars
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 40
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Hautes-Alpes
- Arrondissement
- Briançon
- Canton
- Guillestre
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Dominique Laudre
- Area
- 92.2 km (35.6 sq mi)
- Density
- 6.38/km (16.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 05177 /05560
- Elevation
- 1,320–3,381 m (4,331–11,093 ft) , (avg. 1,650 m or 5,410 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Vars
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Briançon
- Population
- +588
- Area
- +92.2
- Elevation
- +2270
- Shares border with
- Saint-André-d'Embrun
- Official website
- www.mairiedevars.com
- Image
- Vars saint marcelin.JPG
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Vars ( French pronunciation: [vaʁs]) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department, southeastern France.
It is famous for its ski resort, with seven snow parks and 185 kilometres (115 mi) of ski slopes.