Berthierville
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| Country | Canada | |
| Province | Quebec | |
| Region | Lanaudière | |
| RCM | D'Autray | |
| Constituted | April 14, 1852 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Mayor | Pierre Lahaie | |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé | |
| • Prov. riding | Berthier | |
| Area[1][2] | ||
| • Total | 7.20 km2 (2.78 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,091 | |
| • Density | 596.8/km2 (1,546/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  2.1% |
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| • Dwellings | 2,007 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | J0K | |
Highways A-40 |
 Route 138 Route 158 |
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| Website | www |
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Berthierville (/ˈbɛərtjeɪvɪl/)[4](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 Regional County Municipality, 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 to Cap-de-la-Madeleine.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Berthierville had a population of 4,386 living in 2,166 of its 2,225 total private dwellings, a change of 4.7% from its 2016 population of 4,189. With a land area of 6.77 km2 (2.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 647.9/km2 (1,677.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Population trend:[6]
- 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
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Centre de services scolaire des Samares, formerly the Commission scolaire des Samares, operates francophone public schools, including:
- École secondaire Pierre-de-Lestage
- École du Chemin-du-Roy
- École de l'Île Saint-Ignace (currently in Berthierville)[10]
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
- Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée[11]
- Joliette High School in Joliette[12]
Notable people
- Alexis St. Martin, Gastrointestinal experimentation pioneer
- Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One race car driver
- Jacques Villeneuve (born 1953), racing driver
- Aristide Blais, Canadian Senator for Alberta
- Richard Landry, architect
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geographic code 52035 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Berthierville census profile
- ↑ Reference number 5375 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon maternelle Sainte-Geneviève) Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Sainte-Geneviève) Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Saint-Joseph) Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "École de l'Île Saint-Ignace Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5 Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Ville de Berthierville :: MRC de D'autray, Lanaudière
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