Jars, Cher

Jars
Commune
The church of Saint-Agnan, in Jars
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Coordinates: 47°23′46″N 2°41′01″E / 47.3961°N 2.6836°E / 47.3961; 2.6836Coordinates: 47°23′46″N 2°41′01″E / 47.3961°N 2.6836°E / 47.3961; 2.6836
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Rincheval
Area 1	37.34 km2 (14.42 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	503
• Density	13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18117 /18260
Elevation	204–364 m (669–1,194 ft) (avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D923, D55 and the D47 roads.

Population[]

Sights[]

Church entrance

• The church of St. Aignan, dating from the fifteenth century.
• Traces of the castle of Nancray.
• An eighteenth-century house, the "Tisserands" and mill at the hamlet of Plansons-d'en-Bas.
• A fifteenth-century manorhouse with twin towers from an old gateway.

See also[]

• Communes of the Cher department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jars (Cher).

• Official website of the commune (in French)