Le Châtelet (French pronunciation: [lə ʃatlɛ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

A farming area comprising a small town and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Portefeuille, some 29 miles (47 km) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D 951, D 3 and the D 65 roads.