Jars, Cher

Jars
The church of Saint-Agnan, in Jars
Jars
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Jars
Coordinates: 47°23′46″N 2°41′01″E / 47.3961°N 2.6836°ECoordinates: 47°23′46″N 2°41′01″E / 47.3961°N 2.6836°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Rincheval
Area^1	37.34 km^2 (14.42 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	486
• Density	13/km^2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Jars is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	547	—
1968	596	+9.0%
1975	552	−7.4%
1982	554	+0.4%
1990	522	−5.8%
1999	505	−3.3%
2008	486	−3.8%

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

• INSEE

External links

• Official website of the commune (French)
• Jars on the Quid website (French)