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
Population trend:
- Population in 2011: 4091
- Population in 2006: 4007
- Population in 2001: 3939
- Population in 1996: 3952
- Population in 1991: 3854
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1924
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
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:
experimentation pioneer Alexis St. Martin and Formula One race car driver Gilles Villeneuve grew up in Berthierville.
