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

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.

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%

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

• Communes of the Cher department