{{Short description|River in France}} {{Infobox river | name = Tardes | image = PontSuspenduTardes1.jpg | image_caption = The suspension bridge over the Tardes, between Budelière and Évaux-les-Bains | pushpin_map = France#France Nouvelle-Aquitaine | source1_location = Basville | source1_coordinates= {{coord|45|52|39|N|02|25|06|E}} | mouth_location = Cher | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46|14|15|N|02|30|48|E|display=inline,title}} | progression = {{RCher}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = France | length = {{convert|77.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|720|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|290|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|9.09|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|972|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} }} The '''Tardes''' ({{IPA|fr|taʁd}}; {{langx|oc|Tard}}) is a {{convert|77.3|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} river in the Creuse ''département'', central France.<ref name=sandre>{{Sandre|id=K51-0300|nom=Tardes}}</ref> Its source is at Basville. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Cher into which it flows between Évaux-les-Bains and Budelière.
Its main tributary is the Voueize.
==Communes along its course== This list is ordered from source to mouth: Basville, Saint-Oradoux-près-Crocq, Crocq, Saint-Pardoux-d'Arnet, La Villetelle, Saint-Avit-de-Tardes, Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde, Lupersat, Champagnat, Saint-Domet, La Serre-Bussière-Vieille, Peyrat-la-Nonière, Saint-Priest, Le Chauchet, Saint-Julien-le-Châtel, Tardes, Lussat, Chambon-sur-Voueize, Évaux-les-Bains, Budelière
==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Tardes River|Tardes}}
Category:Rivers of France Category:Rivers of Creuse Category:Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
{{Creuse-geo-stub}} {{NouvelleAquitaine-river-stub}}