Cuers
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Cuers (French pronunciation: [kɥɛʁs]) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Cuers | |
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The town hall of Cuers | |
.svg) 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 (2023)[2] | 13,271 |
| • Density | 262.6/km2 (680.2/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
| 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] | ||
