Berthierville

Berthierville
City
Coat of arms
Location within D'Autray RCM
Berthierville Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°05′N 73°11′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Lanaudière
RCM	D'Autray
Constituted	April 14, 1852
Government [2]
• Mayor	Pierre Lahaie
• Federal riding	Berthier—Maskinongé
• Prov. riding	Berthier
Area [2][3]
• Total	7.20 km^2 (2.78 sq mi)
• Land	6.85 km^2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	4,091
• Density	596.8/km^2 (1,546/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.1%
• Dwellings	2,007
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0K
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways A-40	R-138 R-158
Website	www.ville.berthierville.qc.ca

Berthierville (/ˈbɛərtjeɪvɪl/;^[4] French pronunciation: [bɛʁtjevil]) (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.

Sainte-Geneviève de Berthierville church, opened 22 August 1787.

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

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
  • pavillon maternelle Sainte-Geneviève^[7]
  • pavillon Sainte-Geneviève^[8]
  • pavillon Saint-Joseph^[9]
• 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

• List of cities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 5375". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 52035". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Berthierville census profile
4. The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. "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.
8. "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Sainte-Geneviève) Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
9. "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Saint-Joseph) Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
10. "École de l'Île Saint-Ignace Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
11. "JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
12. "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 Berthierville at Wikimedia Commons
• Ville de Berthierville :: MRC de D'autray, Lanaudière