{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Chârost |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Chârost (Cher, Fr), tympan de l église.JPG |caption = The tympan of the church |image coat of arms = Blason Maison de Béthune (branche de Chârost).svg |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Chârost |INSEE = 18055 |postal code = 18290 |mayor = Ludo Coste<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes du Pays d'Issoudun|Pays d'Issoudun]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.9936|2.1169|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation min m = 119 |elevation max m = 162 |area km2 = 10.97 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Chârost''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃaʁo}}<ref>{{Citation|title=VIDEO. Top des Entreprises 2018 : les Croquets de Charost|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-4Dbx7IAg&t=19s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Iy-4Dbx7IAg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2021-07-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Reportage sur la recherche d'un médecin à Chârost (16 Décembre 2014)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSKaWs83y8Y&t=50s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/WSKaWs83y8Y |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2021-07-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Reportage France 3 Berry sur la Pendule de Chârost (mai 2016)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_45qPNHsYw&t=8s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/L_45qPNHsYw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2021-07-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref>) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]].

==Geography== A [[farming]] village situated by the banks of the river [[Arnon (river)|Arnon]], some {{convert|15|mi|km}} southwest of [[Bourges]] at the junction of the N151 with the D16, D88, D18 and D2 roads. The commune lies on the [[pilgrimage]] route known as [[St. James' Way]].

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|1093 |1968|1131 |1975|1166 |1982|1152 |1990|1134 |1999|1069 |2008|995 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The church of St. Michel, dating from the nineteenth century. * The fifteenth-century chateau. * Wayside stone crosses. * Traces of an eleventh-century castle [[donjon]].

[[Image:Chârost (Cher, Fr), wayside cross 1.JPG|Cross on the pilgrim route|thumb|right|260px]]

==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]

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