| Official Name: | Municipality of the County of Richmond |
| Area Land Km2: | 1249.33 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8964 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
| Population Blank1: | 3.5% |
| Leader Name: | Jason MacLean[2] |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 902 |
| Blank Name: | Dwellings |
| Blank Info: | 5,122 |
| Blank1 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank1 Info: | $40,188 CDN |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Leader Title: | Warden |
| Settlement Type: | County municipality |
| Mapsize: | 275px |
| Coordinates: | 45.7°N -60.8°W |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1835 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1879 |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Cape Breton—Canso |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Cape Breton-Richmond |
| Government Type: | Richmond County Municipal Council |
| Footnotes: |
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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 contains the village of St. Peter's. Municipal office are at Arichat. It is the site of St. Peters Canal.[4]
It was named for a Governor General of British North America, Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, and created in 1835, having formerly been part of Cape Breton County.
In the 2016 Census of Population Richmond County had a population of 8,964 in 5,122 private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 9,293. With a land area of 1249.33km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]