HYERES, or HIERES (anciently Aræa and Hieros), a town of France, department of Var, and arrondissement of Toulon, on the S. declivity of a hill, 3 miles from the Mediterranean, and 10 miles E. of Toulon. The town itself, which is ill-built and dirty, commands a fine prospect of the surrounding district. The streets are steep, narrow, winding, and badly paved. In the principal square there is a column surmounted by a fine marble bust of Massillon, who was born here, June 24, 1663. Pop. 9000.