Berry

Berry, historical and cultural region encompassing the Indre and Cher départements in the Centre région of central France. It is coextensive with the former province of Berry, which included the départements of Cher (roughly corresponding to Upper Berry) and Indre (Lower Berry). The home of a people called the Bituriges Cubi in Roman times, the country later passed to the Visigoths (ad 475), the Franks (c. 507), and the Carolingians. The chief authority in Berry...