Skip to content
Villars-sur-Var

File:F06-VillarsSurVar-1.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ682852· pop 43· linked from 172 articles

Villars-sur-Var

Sign in to save

Also known as Vilar de Var

Villars-sur-Var (, "Villars-on-Var"; ; Italian, formerly: Villar del Varo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

OverviewAI-generated

Villars-sur-Var is a commune in France, situated within the Alpes-Maritimes department and the arrondissement of Nice. It serves as the capital of the canton of Villars-sur-Var and is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The municipality borders the communes of Ascros, Ilonse, Malaussène, and Massoins. Its official name is also recorded as Villars-du-Var, and it is named after the Var.

The commune has an area of 25.27 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 783 residents (393 male and 368 female) and another citing 603. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 1803 meters in one dataset, while other sources list elevations of 427 and 416 meters. The postal code is 06710, and the timezone is Europe/Paris. Villars-sur-Var is twinned with Cherasco.

Synthesized by Vinony from 50 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Weather now

cached 4h ago
22°overcast clouds
79% 3.3 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality
Villars-sur-Var
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Population
603
Timezone
Europe/Paris

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

42US AQIGood
PM2.5
6.2 µg/m³
PM10
7.2 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-15 03:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

French commune.name
Villars-sur-Var
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
F06-VillarsSurVar-1.jpg
French commune.caption
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in the historic village of Villars-sur-Var
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason ville fr Villars-sur-Var 06.svg
French commune.arrondissement
Nice
French commune.canton
Vence
French commune.INSEE
06158
French commune.postal code
06710
French commune.mayor
René Briquetti
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.elevation m
410
French commune.elevation min m
239
French commune.elevation max m
1803
French commune.area km2
25.27

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Var
Official name
Villars-du-Var
Country
France
Population
780
Area
25.27
Elevation
773
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Touët-sur-Var
Official website
www.villarssurvar.net
Image
F06-VillarsSurVar-1.jpg
Show 9 more facts
Commons category
Villars-sur-Var
postal code
06710
twinned administrative body
Cherasco
associated electoral district
canton of Vence
male population
393
female population
368
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-4-93-05-32-32
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Twin town
  • See also
  • References

Villars-sur-Var (, "Villars-on-Var"; ; Italian, formerly: Villar del Varo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

==History== It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as Villar del Varo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villars-sur-Var” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)

On the map

2 mapped locations