Berthierville

See also: Berthier

Berthierville is a city of the Quebec, located in the regional Municipalité of county of D' Autray, in the administrative area of Lanaudière. Its population is of approximately: 6150 inhabitants in 2005.

It is the town of origin of the pilot of Formule 1 Gilles Villeneuve. Besides the town of Berthierville has a museum, an arena, a statue of bronze and a principal avenue with its name.

Berthierville accommodates at each year the rural Foire of Berthierville , the Festival Very for the music and the Festival country of the poultry of Berthierville .

Berthierville is also a major stop on the Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec. For this reason, one can regard it as being a tourist city, taking into account the importance of the incomes drawn from tourism from passage and his descent from very popular boat which gives access to the Fleuve the St. Lawrence, in the islands from Berthier and the Lac Saint-Pierre.

The neighbouring municipalities with Berthierville are Holy-Genevieve-with-Berthier, Visitation-of-the Island-Deceived, Saint-Ignace-with-Loyola, Saint-Cuthbert and Lanoraie.

Municipalities bordering

Sources

Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
Commission of toponymy of Quebec
municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

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