{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Jars |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Église Saint-Aignan Jars.jpg |caption = The church of Saint-Agnan, in Jars |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Jars (Cher).svg |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Sancerre |INSEE = 18117 |postal code = 18260 |mayor = Rémi Pierre<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire|CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.3961|2.6836|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 360 |elevation min m = 204 |elevation max m = 364 |area km2 = 37.34 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Jars''' 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== An area of [[forestry]] and [[farming]], comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river [[Sauldre]], some {{convert|24|mi|km}} northeast of [[Bourges]], at the junction of the D923, D55 and the D47 roads.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|547 |1968|596 |1975|552 |1982|554 |1990|522 |1999|505 |2008|486 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== [[Image:Église Saint-Aignan Jars porche.jpg|thumb|left|290px|Church entrance]] * The church of St. Aignan, dating from the fifteenth century. * Traces of the castle of Nancray. * An eighteenth-century house, the "Tisserands" and mill at the hamlet of Plansons-d'en-Bas. * A fifteenth-century [[manorhouse]] with twin towers from an old gateway.

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

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==External links== {{commons category|Jars (Cher)}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218103707/http://www.jars-cher.fr/ Official website of the commune] {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]