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

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,831	—
1975	1,887	+0.43%
1982	1,829	−0.44%
1990	1,650	−1.28%
1999	1,588	−0.42%
2007	1,530	−0.46%
2012	1,423	−1.44%
2017	1,355	−0.97%
Source: INSEE

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
• The chateau du Plessis.
• A manorhouse.
• A watermill.
• The sixteenth-century market hall.

• Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
• Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.

Lignières is twinned with: Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

• Communes of the Cher department