Berthierville ()(also called Berthier-en-haut, and legally called Berthier before 1942) is a town located between

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and

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on the north shore of the

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, Canada. Berthierville is the seat of

D'Autray Regional County Municipality D'Autray is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Berthierville. The municipality has a land area of 1,249.30 km2 and its population was 42,189 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. Its largest ...

, and is served by Autoroute 40, and is the junction of Routes 138 and 158. It is surrounded by the parish municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier. The ''Marie Reine du Canada'' Pilgrimage column stops at the church of Sainte-Geneviève de Berthierville for Mass on the first day of its three-day walk from

Lanoraie Lanoraie is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. History When Jacques Cartier passed through in the 16th century, the Iroquois had already established themselves in the area, calli ...

Cap-de-la-Madeleine Cap-de-la-Madeleine is a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002. Population (2006 census) 33,022. History Cap-de-la-M ...

Sainte Genevieve de Berthierville, Quebec Province, Canada

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Berthierville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend: * Population in 2011: 4091 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.1%) * Population in 2006: 4007 * Population in 2001: 3939 * Population in 1996: 3952 * Population in 1991: 3854 Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0.3% * French as first language: 96.5% * English and French as first language: 0.3% * Other as first language: 3.0%

Education

Centre de services scolaire des Samares The Centre de services scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

, formerly the Commission scolaire des Samares, operates francophone public schools, including: *

École secondaire Pierre-de-Lestage École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

* École du Chemin-du-Roy ** pavillon maternelle Sainte-Geneviève ** pavillon Sainte-Geneviève ** pavillon Saint-Joseph * École de l'Île Saint-Ignace (currently in Berthierville) The

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...

operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée *

Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, french: École secondaire Joliette) is a public anglophone secondary school in Joliette, Quebec. Operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, it is the sole anglophone high school in Lanaudière. it has about 265 st ...

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Notable people

* Alexis St. Martin,

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experimentation pioneer *

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race car driver * Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953) *

Aristide Blais Aristide Blais (October 18, 1875 – November 10, 1964) was a Canadian physician and Senator. Early life Blais was born on October 18, 1875, in Berthier, Quebec, to Narcisse Blais and Philomène Buteau. He attended Laval University earning ...

, Canadian Senator for Alberta * Richard Landry, architect

References

External links

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Ville de Berthierville :: MRC de D'autray, Lanaudière
{{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Lanaudière

Demographics

Education

Notable people

See also

References

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