Léré (French pronunciation: [leʁe]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

A farming area comprising a very small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Loire lateral canal in the valley of the river Loire, some 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951, D751 and the D42 roads.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	923	—
1968	923	+0.0%
1975	880	−4.7%
1982	925	+5.1%
1990	1,161	+25.5%
1999	1,296	+11.6%
2008	1,217	−6.1%

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fourteenth century.
• A fifteenth-century manorhouse.
• The chateau of Villate, dating from the fifteenth century.

• Communes of the Cher department