Berthierville

The town is listed as a Village rélais. 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.

• Name — Berthierville • Type — City • Shield Size — 100x90px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Canada • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Quebec • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Lanaudière • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — D'Autray • Established Title — Settled • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — April 14, 1852 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Pierre Lahaie • Leader Title1 — Federal riding • Leader Name1 — Berthier—Maskinongé • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — Berthier • Area Total Km2 — 7.22 • Area Land Km2 — 6.77 • Population Total — 4386 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 647..8 • Population Blank1 Title — Change 2016-21 • Population Blank1 — 4.7% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 2225 • Time Zone — EST • Utc Offset — −5 • Time Zone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — J0K • Area Codes — 450 and 579 • Custom Label Sec1 — Highways

• Illustration — Sainte-Geneviève de Berthierville church, opened 22 August 1787. In 1672, the area was granted as a seignory by Jean Talon, intendant of New France, to Hugues Randin, who in turn sold it to Alexandre Berthier the following year. This seignory became known as Berthier-en-Haut (Upper Berthier) to distinguish it from another seignory that Berthier owned in the Bellechasse region. In 1845, the Municipality of Berthier-en-Haut was formed, but abolished in 1847. It was reestablished as the Village Municipality of Berthier in 1852, and changed status to ville in 1865. In 1942, it was renamed to Berthierville. In 1962, Berthierville annexed part of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier.

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 6.77 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. Mother tongue (2021): • English as first language: 0.8% • French as first language: 95.5% • English and French as first languages: 0.8% • Other as first language: 2.5%

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 • pavillon Sainte-Geneviève • pavillon Saint-Joseph • École de l'Île Saint-Ignace (currently in Berthierville) The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: • Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée • Joliette High School in Joliette

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