Cours-les-Barres

Cours-les-Barres is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Cours-les-Barres
Commune
Location of Cours-les-Barres
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Coordinates: 47°01′32″N 3°01′56″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Pouillard
Area ^1	21.16 km^2 (8.17 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,034
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18075 /18320
Elevation	162–209 m (531–686 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the Loire River and the Loire lateral canal, some 26 miles (42 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D920 with the D40, D12 and D45 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	772	—
1968	698	−9.6%
1975	656	−6.0%
1982	906	+38.1%
1990	1,052	+16.1%
1999	1,082	+2.9%
2008	1,099	+1.6%

Sights

• The fifteenth-century church of St. Pantaléon.
• The manorhouse at Givry.
• A feudal motte.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.