{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Rians |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Eglise St-Christophe de Rians.JPG |caption = The church of Saint-Christophe, in Rians |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Saint-Germain-du-Puy |INSEE = 18194 |postal code = 18220 |mayor = Christophe Drunat<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 Terres du Haut Berry|CC Terres du Haut Berry]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.1861|2.615|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 180 |elevation min m = 155 |elevation max m = 256 |area km2 = 32.41 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Rians''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁjɑ̃}}) 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 [[farming]] and some associated [[light industry]] comprising the village and two hamlets situated on the banks of the small river Quatier, about {{convert|12|mi|km}} northeast of [[Bourges]], at the junction of the D12, D24 and the D154 roads. An unusual kind of fresh (un[[pasteurise]]d) cheese, [[Faisselle|Faisselle Rians]], is produced here.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|604| 1968|667| 1975|731| 1982|836| 1990|984| 1999|1017| 2008|1051 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The church of St. Christophe, dating from the twelfth century. * The fifteenth-century chateau of Sery. * The two [[watermill]]s of Malvette and Ecorce.

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

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{{Cher communes}}

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