{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Sainte-Montaine |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Sainte-Montaine église Sainte-Montaine 2.jpg |caption = The church in Sainte-Montaine |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Vierzon |canton = Aubigny-sur-Nère |INSEE = 18227 |postal code = 18700 |mayor = Jean-Yves Debarre<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Sauldre et Sologne|Sauldre et Sologne]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.4911|2.3208|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 167 |elevation min m = 133 |elevation max m = 183 |area km2 = 53.79 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Sainte-Montaine''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃t mɔ̃tɛn}}) 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 streams, lakes, [[forestry]] and [[farming]] comprising a small village and two hamlets situated some {{convert|28|mi|km}} north of [[Bourges]] at the junction of the D79, D180 and D13 roads. The small river Boute-Vive rises in the commune.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|216| 1968|253| 1975|226| 1982|233| 1990|206| 1999|170| 2008|212 }} {{clear left}}

==Personalities== *[[Marguerite Audoux]] (1863- 1937), French novelist, lived here in her youth.

==Sights== * The church, dating from the fifteenth century. * The [[feudal]] [[motte and bailey|motte]]. * The chapel of Belle Fontaine.

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

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