Cuers

Cuers (French pronunciation: [kɥɛʁs]) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Cuers
Commune
The town hall of Cuers
Coat of arms
Location of Cuers
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Coordinates: 43°14′18″N 6°04′18″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Toulon
Canton	Solliès-Pont
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Mouttet[1]
Area 1	50.53 km2 (19.51 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	12,841
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	83049 /83390
Elevation	71–700 m (233–2,297 ft) (avg. 131 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It has an aerodrome, Cuers-Pierrefeu Aerodrome, shared with nearby Pierrefeu.

It was one of the locations of the 1995 Cuers massacre.

Geography

Climate

Cuers has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Cuers is 15.5 °C (59.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 778.9 mm (30.67 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.4 °C (75.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.9 °C (46.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Cuers was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) on 5 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.3 °C (15.3 °F) on 2 March 2005.

Climate data for Cuers (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1998−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	23.3 (73.9)	25.1 (77.2)	28.4 (83.1)	27.9 (82.2)	35.1 (95.2)	39.0 (102.2)	39.8 (103.6)	41.3 (106.3)	35.9 (96.6)	31.1 (88.0)	25.6 (78.1)	23.1 (73.6)	41.3 (106.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	13.7 (56.7)	14.5 (58.1)	17.5 (63.5)	20.5 (68.9)	24.5 (76.1)	29.3 (84.7)	32.4 (90.3)	32.3 (90.1)	27.6 (81.7)	22.8 (73.0)	17.4 (63.3)	14.3 (57.7)	22.2 (72.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	7.9 (46.2)	8.3 (46.9)	10.9 (51.6)	13.8 (56.8)	17.7 (63.9)	21.7 (71.1)	24.4 (75.9)	24.2 (75.6)	20.4 (68.7)	16.5 (61.7)	11.7 (53.1)	8.6 (47.5)	15.5 (59.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	2.1 (35.8)	4.3 (39.7)	7.1 (44.8)	10.8 (51.4)	14.1 (57.4)	16.4 (61.5)	16.1 (61.0)	13.1 (55.6)	10.2 (50.4)	6.1 (43.0)	2.9 (37.2)	8.8 (47.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−9.1 (15.6)	−9.3 (15.3)	−9.3 (15.3)	−4.4 (24.1)	1.3 (34.3)	5.5 (41.9)	7.9 (46.2)	7.2 (45.0)	3.1 (37.6)	−1.4 (29.5)	−8.8 (16.2)	−9.1 (15.6)	−9.3 (15.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	73.4 (2.89)	54.8 (2.16)	57.4 (2.26)	57.1 (2.25)	56.7 (2.23)	33.5 (1.32)	15.6 (0.61)	19.3 (0.76)	76.6 (3.02)	105.5 (4.15)	141.4 (5.57)	87.6 (3.45)	778.9 (30.67)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.7	5.3	5.2	6.1	5.0	2.8	1.6	2.1	4.5	6.3	8.8	6.3	59.6
Source: Météo-France[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,107	—
1975	5,453	+0.94%
1982	6,571	+2.70%
1990	7,027	+0.84%
1999	8,174	+1.69%
2007	9,737	+2.21%
2012	10,452	+1.43%
2017	11,425	+1.80%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Var department