Cours-les-Barres

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Pierre Mancion^[1]Area21.16 km² (8.17 sq mi)Population1,022 • Density48/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation162–209 m (531–686 ft)
(avg. 175 m or 574 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cours-les-Barres (French pronunciation: [kuʁ le baʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

The commune is in an area of farming and forestry comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the Loire and the Loire lateral canal.

The village is 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of the centre of Nevers and 50 kilometres (31 mi) 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