Sébastien Oliveau – Interview in *Var Matin*: «The Covid crisis seems to have boosted the region’s appeal«: the Var is the tenth most dynamic department in France, according to data from INSEE»

Maintenance of Sébastien Oliveau, geographer, director of the MSH Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay; Aix-Marseille Université - MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Mediterranean Demographic Observatory), in an article by Gautier Guigon published on 5 January 2026 on the media outlet’s website Var Matin.

Demographics As at 1 January 2026, the Var department officially had a population of 1,119,307 spread across 153 municipalities, according to the latest figures published by INSEE. An in-depth look.