Richmound


Richmound is a village in the Canadian province 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 the 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 spelling error.

History

Richmound incorporated as a village on May 5, 1947.

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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.
In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Richmound recorded a population of, a change from its 2006 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.