Berthier County was a municipal county of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

which existed between 1855 and 1 January 1982. The territory it covered today is included in the administrative region of

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

and is part of the current

regional county municipalities The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

(RMCs) of d'Autray and

Matawinie Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM ...

. Its seat was the municipality of

Berthierville Berthierville ()(also called Berthier-en-haut, and legally called Berthier before 1942) is a town located between Montreal and Trois-Rivières on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Berthierville is the seat of D'Autray ...

Municipalities in the County

(created in 1852 under the name of Berthier, renamed Berthierville in 1942 * Lanoraie-D'Autray (detached from Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie in 1948, together again with it in 2000 to form LanoraieLa Mémoire du Québec, entrée ''Lanoraie (municipalité)''
/ref> *

Lavaltrie Lavaltrie is a city located within the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the southern part of the region of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada, northeast of Montreal outside the suburban sprawl of the North Shore (i.e., the suburbs located north ...

(detached from Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie in 1926La Mémoire du Québec, entrée ''Lavaltrie (municipalité de ville)''
/ref> * La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas (created in 1855 under the name L'Isle du Pads; renamed La Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-de-l'Isle-du-Pads in 1969, renamed La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas in 1981 * Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie (established in 1855 merged in Lavaltrie in 2001) * St. Barthelémi (established in 1855 renamed St. Bartholomew in 1983) * Saint-Cuthbert (created in 1855Bank names places of Quebec input '' Saint-Cuthbert ''
/ref>) * Saint-Damien (detached from Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon 1870) * Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier (created in 1855) * St. Gabriel (detached from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1892 under the name of Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, renamed Saint-Gabriel in 1967The Quebec memory, input '' Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (parish municipality) ''
/ref>) *

Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. History The first settlers, mostly Irish and Scottish Loyalists, came around 1825 to the ...

(created in 1855) *

St. Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, ...

(detached from Isle du Pads in 1897) * Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie (created in 1855 together with Lanoraie-D'Autray in 2000 to form Lanoraie) *

Saint-Michel-des-Saints Saint-Michel-des-Saints is a municipality in the Matawinie Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Agriculture, forestry, recreation, and tourism have been the main activities found within this region. History In 1863, Thomas-Léandre B ...

(established in 1885) *

St. Norbert Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint. Norbert was can ...

(established in 1855) * St. Viator (detached St. Cuthbert in 1912 merged back to it in 1998) * St. Zeno (established in 1895)

Formation

Berthier County included during its formation parishes and institutions in St. Ignace Island, the Island Pads, Berthier, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, St. Norbert, St. Cuthbert, St. Bartholomew, St. Gabriel and the Township of Brandon.Act municipalities and paths Act of 1855 and parliamentary representation 1853
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berthier County Former counties of Quebec Lanaudière Populated places disestablished in 1982

Municipalities in the County

Formation

See also

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