The Col de Vars, elevation 2108 m (6916 ft) is a high

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in the

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between the departments of

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and

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; ; ; ), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (, ), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the sou ...

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. It connects the

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with the

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valley and Embrun. It is traversed by highway D 902, which leads from

Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (, "Saint Paul-on- Ubaye"; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Pau d'Ubaia'', before 1998: ''Saint-Paul'')Vars Vars, VARS may refer to: People * Ellen Marie Vars (born 1957), Norwegian Sami author * Henry Vars (1902–1977), Polish-American musician * John de Vars Hazard (1888–1968) * Láilá Susanne Vars (born 1976), Norwegian Sami lawyer and politic ...

and on to

Guillestre Guillestre (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Guilhèstra'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies in the northwestern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Chagné, a stream, tributary of the ...

in the northwest. The pass has been included in the

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33 times since 1922, when

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crossed the pass for the first time.

External links

de Vars (Col de Vars) - Tour Facts)
(French)
Col de Vars on Google Maps (Tour de France classic climbs)Cycling up to the Col de Vars: data, profile, map, photos and description

Vars Vars, VARS may refer to: People * Ellen Marie Vars (born 1957), Norwegian Sami author * Henry Vars (1902–1977), Polish-American musician * John de Vars Hazard (1888–1968) * Láilá Susanne Vars (born 1976), Norwegian Sami lawyer and politic ...

Landforms of Hautes-Alpes Transport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{Provence-geo-stub

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