Richmond County is an historical county and

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, Canada. Local government is provided by the

Municipality of the County of Richmond The Municipality of the County of Richmond is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to the eponymous historical county, except for the Chapel Island 5 reserve. The municipality also con ...

History

Named in honour of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, who was Governor General of

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1818-1819, Richmond County was created in 1835. Richmond County comprises that

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known as the Southern District which was established in 1824 at the time of the dividing of Cape Breton Island into three districts. The boundaries of the Southern District were defined at the time of its establishment. Those same boundaries were determined to be the boundaries of Richmond County by statute in 1847. The main centre is

Arichat Arichat is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the main village on Isle Madame on the southeastern tip of Cape Breton Island. Toponym The name derives from a Mi'kmaq word meaning c ...

, located on

Isle Madame Isle Madame is an island off southeastern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is part of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. Once part of the French colony of Île-Royale (New France), Île-Royale, it may have been named for Franço ...

Communities

;Villages * St. Peter's ;Reserves *

Chapel Island 5 Chapel Island 5 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Its Míkmaq name is Potlotek and it is the spiritual capital of the Míkmaq Nation and the gathering place of the Míkmaq Grand Council, Mniku. Chapel Island 5 is adm ...

;County municipality and county subdivisions *Municipality of the County of Richmond ** Richmond, Subd. A ** Richmond, Subd. B ** Richmond, Subd. C

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 56-58, 73 *Highways ** *Trunk Routes ** *Collector Routes: ** ** ** ** *External Routes: **None

Demographics

As a

in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Richmond County 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. Forming the majority of the Richmond County census division, the Municipality of the County of Richmond, including its Subdivisions A, B, and C, 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.

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