Berthier County was a
municipal county of
Quebec
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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 (RMCs) of
d'Autray and
Matawinie. 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'Aut ...
.
Municipalities in the County
*
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'Aut ...
(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 Lanoraie
[La Mémoire du Québec, entrée ''Lanoraie (municipalité)''](_blank)
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* 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 no ...
(detached from Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie in 1926[La Mémoire du Québec, entrée ''Lavaltrie (municipalité de ville)''](_blank)
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* 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[Bank names places of Quebec input '' Saint-Cuthbert ''](_blank)
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* 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 1967[The Quebec memory, input '' Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (parish municipality) ''](_blank)
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* Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (created in 1855
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
p. 133
See also
* List of municipalities in Quebec
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* Berthier, provincial electoral district
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Quebec;
* Berthier old federal electoral district Quebec;
References
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Former counties of Quebec
Lanaudière
Populated places disestablished in 1982