Berthier County was a municipal county of Quebec which existed between 1855Acte des municipalités et des chemins de 1855 and 1 January 1982.
The territory it covered today is included in the administrative region of Lanaudière and is part of the current regional county municipalities (RMCs) of d'Autray and Matawinie. Its seat was the municipality of Berthierville.
Municipalities in the County Berthierville (created in 1852 under the name of Berthier, renamed Berthierville in 1942Banque de noms de lieux du Québec, entrée Berthierville Lanoraie-D'Autray (detached from Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie in 1948, together again with it in 2000 to form LanoraieLa Mémoire du Québec, entrée Lanoraie (municipalité) Lavaltrie (detached from Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie in 1926La Mémoire du Québec, entrée Lavaltrie (municipalité de ville) La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas (created in 1855 under the name L'Isle du Pads; renamed La Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-de-l'Isle-du-Pads in 1969, renamed La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas in 1981La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, sur MairesduQuebec.com Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie (established in 1855 merged in Lavaltrie in 2001) St. Barthelémi (established in 1855 renamed St. Bartholomew in 1983aspx? no_seq = 98350 Bank Quebec place names, input St. Bartholomew ) Saint-Cuthbert (created in 1855Bank names places of Quebec input Saint-Cuthbert ) Saint-Damien (detached from Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon 1870The Quebec memory, input Saint-Damien (parish municipality) ) Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier (created in 1855place names Bank Quebec entry 'Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier' ') St. Gabriel (detached from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1892 under the name of Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, renamed Saint-Gabriel in 1967The Quebec memory, input Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (parish municipality) ) Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (created in 1855) St. Ignatius of Loyola (detached from Isle du Pads in 1897Saint-Ignace-de -Loyola on MairesduQuebec.com) Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie (created in 1855 together with Lanoraie-D'Autray in 2000 to form Lanoraie) Saint-Michel-des-Saints (established in 1885The Quebec memory, input Saint-Michel-des-Saints (municipality) ) St. Norbert (established in 1855Memory Quebec input St. Norbert (parish municipality) ) St. Viator (detached St. Cuthbert in 1912 merged back to it in 1998) St. Zeno (established in 1895The Quebec memory, input St. Zeno (parish municipality) )
Formation Berthier County included during its formation parishes and institutions in St. Ignace Island, the Island Pads, Berthier, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, St. Norbert, St. Cuthbert, St. Bartholomew, St. Gabriel and the Township of Brandon.Act municipalities and paths Act of 1855 and parliamentary representation 1853, p. 133
See also
List of municipalities in Quebec Berthier, provincial electoral district Quebec; Berthier old federal electoral district Quebec;
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