Vars (French pronunciation: [vaʁs]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was merged with Montignac-Charente to form La Boixe on 1 January 2025.[2]
Vars | |
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Part of La Boixe | |
 Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Vars  | |
  Vars  Vars | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′47″N 0°07′29″E / 45.7631°N 0.1247°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Boixe-et-Manslois |
| Commune | La Boixe |
Area 1 | 27.46 km2 (10.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,163 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 16330 |
| Elevation | 35–153 m (115–502 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
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| Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
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edit- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté du 6 novembre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle de La Boixe, Légifrance, retrieved 9 January 2025
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vars, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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