Cours-les-Barres () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
The commune is in an area of farming and forestry comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the Loire and the Loire lateral canal.
The village is north-west of the centre of Nevers and east of Bourges, at the junction of the D920 with the D40, D12 and D45 roads.