Official Name: | Richmound |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 8 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Enterprise |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Brad Miller |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Stacey Jansma |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Richmound Village Council |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | 1912-08-15 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 0.47 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 154 |
Population Density Km2: | 327.8 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.446°N -109.763°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0N 2E0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 371 Highway 635 |
Website: | Official website |
Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
Richmound (2016 population:) 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, ball diamonds, a credit union and a general store. The K-12 School was closed in 2008, and students are now bussed to a neighbouring village.
In September 2023, the leader of a sovereign citizen group Romana Didulo and about fifteen to twenty-five supporters took up residence in a former school.[4] [5] Didulo responded to demonstrations against her presence in Richmound by allegedly threatening local officials through emails and social media posts.[6] [7] [8]
Richmound incorporated as a village on May 5, 1947.[9]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 0.48km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[10]
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 0.47km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[11]