Cours-les-Barres

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Cours-les-Barres
Cours-les-Barres
Coordinates: 47°01′32″N 3°01′56″E / 47.0256°N 3.0322°E / 47.0256; 3.0322Coordinates: 47°01′32″N 3°01′56″E / 47.0256°N 3.0322°E / 47.0256; 3.0322
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Pouillard
Area
  Land1 21.16 km2 (8.17 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 1,099
  Population2 Density 52/km2 (130/sq mi)
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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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.

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