Berthierville ()(also called Berthier-en-haut, and legally called Berthier before 1942) is a town located between
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
and
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...
on the north shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...
in
Quebec
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, Canada. Berthierville is the seat of
D'Autray Regional County Municipality
D'Autray is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Berthierville.
The municipality has a land area of 1,249.30 km2 and its population was 42,189 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. Its largest ...
, and is served by
Autoroute 40, and is the junction of Routes
138 138 may refer to:
*138 (number)
*138 BC
*AD 138
Year 138 ( CXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Camer ...
and
158
Year 158 ( CLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tertullus and Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 911 '' Ab urbe ...
. 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