Cuers
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Var | |
| Arrondissement | Toulon | |
| Canton | Solliès-Pont | |
| Community association | Mediterrannée Porte des Maures | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 14 ' N , 6 ° 4' E | |
| height | 71-700 m | |
| surface | 50.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,425 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 226 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 83390 | |
| INSEE code | 83049 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-de-cuers.com | |
 Cuers Town Hall (back) |
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Cuers is a French municipality with 11,425 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Var department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
geography
Cuers lies flat in the plain of Pierrefeu-du-Var , at the foot of the Barre de Cuers , a geological formation that is worth seeing and which has its highest point at 704 m on the Pilon Saint-Clément . The Massif de la Sainte-Baume begins west of Cuers .
The place is at the crossroads of important traffic connections ( RN 97 , CD43, CD14, Autoroute A57 ), 20 kilometers north of Toulon near the airport Toulon / Hyeres (TLN / La Palyvestre).
Rampage
On September 24, 1995, one of the most casualty rampages in French history broke out in Cuers: A 16-year-old student shot and killed 12 people in two apartments in the street before he judged himself. The day before he had murdered his mother, stepfather and half-brother. ( see Cuers rampage )
Attractions
- Gates, streets, fountains and public washing places of the old village of Cuers, ruins of the castle
- Oppida from pre-Roman times, old aqueduct
- Parish church with large organ (1668) and reliquary (1526)
- Les barres de Cuers , an interesting geological formation
Personalities
- Jean Gallois (1632–1707), abbot of Cuers Priory, polymath and member of the Académie française
- André Martel (1893–1976), French writer and poet. Martel also wrote under the pseudonyms Papapafol du Paralloïdre and Le Martélandre . Régent des Collège de 'Pataphysique .
- Dominique Aubier (1922–2014), French writer
- Serge Martina (* 1943), actor, writer and French screenplay, born in Cuers.
