Berthierville Explained

Berthierville
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Pushpin Map:Canada Central Quebec
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in central Quebec
Coordinates:46.0833°N -84°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Settled
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:April 14, 1852
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Pierre Lahaie
Area Total Km2:7.20
Area Land Km2:6.85
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:4091
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:596.8
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2006-2011
Population Blank1: 2.1%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:2007
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Utc Offset Dst:−4
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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 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 living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 6.77km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Population trend:[3]

Mother tongue:

Education

Centre de services scolaire des Samares, formerly the Commission scolaire des Samares, operates francophone public schools, including:

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:

Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Berthierville census profile
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  4. "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon maternelle Sainte-Geneviève) ." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
  5. "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Sainte-Geneviève) ." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
  6. "du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Saint-Joseph) ." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
  7. "École de l'Île Saint-Ignace ." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
  8. "JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
  9. "Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5 ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.