Berthierville

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Berthierville

| official_name =

| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = Berthierville.jpg

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| image_shield = Blason ville ca Berthierville (Québec).svg

| shield_size = 100x90px

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| image_map = Berthierville Quebec location diagram.png

| map_caption = Location within D'Autray RCM

| pushpin_map = Canada Central Quebec

| pushpin_label_position = top

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in central Quebec

| coordinates = {{coord|46|05|N|73|11|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

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| 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_date =

| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = April 14, 1852

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| government_footnotes =

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Pierre Lahaie

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Berthier—Maskinongé

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Berthier

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 7.20

| area_land_km2 = 6.85

| area_water_km2 =

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| population_footnotes = Statistics Canada 2011 Census - [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2452035&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Berthierville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Berthierville census profile]

| population_total = 4091

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = 596.8

| population_blank1_title= Pop 2006-2011

| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 2.1%

| population_blank2_title= Dwellings

| population_blank2 = 2007

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = J0K

| area_codes = 450 and 579

| blank_name = Highways
{{jct|state=QC|A|40}}

| blank_info =
{{jct|state=QC|QC|138}}
{{jct|state=QC|QC|158}}

| website = {{URL|www.ville.berthierville.qc.ca}}

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Berthierville ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛər|t|j|eɪ|v|ɪ|l}};{{Citation| author = The Canadian Press| title = The Canadian Press Stylebook| place = Toronto| publisher = The Canadian Press| edition = 18th| year = 2017}} {{IPA|fr|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.

File:Sainte Genevieve de Berthierville, Quebec Province, Canada.jpg

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Berthierville had a population of {{val|4386|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|2166|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|2225|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:4386-4189}}|4189|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|4189|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|6.77|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4386|6.77|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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"[http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=113 du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon maternelle Sainte-Geneviève)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145408/http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=113 |date=2017-09-22 }}." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
pavillon Sainte-Geneviève"[http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=003 du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Sainte-Geneviève)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145339/http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=003 |date=2017-09-22 }}." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
pavillon Saint-Joseph"[http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=005 du Chemin-du-Roy (pavillon Saint-Joseph)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145116/http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=005 |date=2017-09-22 }}." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
École de l'Île Saint-Ignace (currently in Berthierville)"[http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=002 École de l'Île Saint-Ignace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145232/http://www.cssamares.qc.ca/?page=ecoleinfo&type=1&no=002 |date=2017-09-22 }}." Commission scolaire des Samares. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.

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

Joliette Elementary School in Saint-Charles-Borromée"[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf JOLIETTE ELEMENTARY ZONE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917092831/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/157%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE.pdf |date=2017-09-17 }}." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
Joliette High School in Joliette"[http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/181%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE%20HS%20-%20SEC%201-5.pdf Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904160134/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/181%20-%20WEB%20JOLIETTE%20HS%20-%20SEC%201-5.pdf |date=2017-09-04 }}." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 5, 2017.