Berthierville


Berthierville 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, it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend:
  • Population in 2011: 4091
  • 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

, 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
  • * pavillon Sainte-Geneviève
  • * pavillon Saint-Joseph
  • École de l'Île Saint-Ignace
The Sir [Wilfrid Laurier School Board] operates anglophone public schools, including:

Notable people