Richmound (
2016 population: ) is a
village in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan within the
Rural Municipality of Enterprise No. 142 and
Census Division No. 8. It is approximately northeast of
Medicine Hat,
Alberta. The economy is driven in large part by the oil and gas sector as well as agriculture. The area was originally settled by
Germans, mostly
Catholics from South Russia.
The village has a community hall, church, skating arena, curling rink, ball diamonds, stores, and a hotel. The K-12 School was closed in 2008, and students are now bussed to a neighbouring village.
Local lore states that Richmond, British Columbia is actually named after Richmound. It is said that the founding fathers of Richmond BC simply forgot to add the 'U' in a classic (and historical) spelling error.
History
Richmound incorporated as a village on May 5, 1947.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Richmound had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population, the Village of Richmound recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
*
Villages of Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' i ...
References
External links
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Enterprise No. 142, Saskatchewan
Division No. 8, Saskatchewan
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