Berry (French pronunciation: [beʁi] ; Occitan: Barric; Latin: Bituria) is a region located in central France. It was a province of France until départements replaced the provinces on 4 March 1790, when Berry became divided between the départements of Cher (Upper Berry) and Indre (Lower Berry). In later times, the writer George Sand spent much of her life at her Berry estate in Nohant, and Berry's landscape and specific culture figure in much of Sand's writings.