Sainte-Montaine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t mɔ̃tɛn]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

An area of streams, lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and two hamlets situated some 28 miles (45 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D79, D180 and D13 roads. The small river Boute-Vive rises in the commune.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	216	—
1968	253	+17.1%
1975	226	−10.7%
1982	233	+3.1%
1990	206	−11.6%
1999	170	−17.5%
2008	212	+24.7%

• Marguerite Audoux (1863- 1937), French novelist, lived here in her youth.

• The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The feudal motte.
• The chapel of Belle Fontaine.

• Communes of the Cher department