or HIERES (anciently Arece 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.

Isles of (anciently Stachyades), a group of small islands in the Mediterranean, about 10 miles S.E. of Hyeres. They are rocky and almost bare, but are strongly fortified. Porquerolles is 5 miles in length by 2 in breadth.