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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]
Named in honour of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, who was Governor General of British North America 1818–1819, Richmond County was created in 1835. Richmond County comprises that territory 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 ...
This is a list of communities in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Communities are ordered by the highway on which they are located, whose routes start after each terminus near the largest community. Arterial highway
The Municipality of the County of Victoria is the least populated county municipality at a population of 6,750. The Municipality of the County of Richmond is Nova Scotia's smallest county municipality by land area at 1,240.46 km 2 (478.94 sq mi). [2]
County [c] 9: 19: 28: 28: ... List of municipalities in British Columbia. ... List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population; Notes
Today, 9 of the original 12 remain incorporated as county municipalities, with 3 eventually becoming regional municipalities in 1995 and 1996, [3] while Statistics Canada uses all 18 historical counties as census divisions for statistical purposes in the Canadian census. [4]
A town is a type of municipality in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. Towns are incorporated by order by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to sections 383 through 388 of Nova Scotia's Municipal Government Act. [1] Nova Scotia had 26 towns at the time of the 2016 Census. In 2016, the towns had a cumulative population of 97,495.
Name 2016 Census of Population [5]; Population (2016) Population (2011) Change Land area Population density km 2 sq mi /km 2 /sq mi Amherst: 9,413 9,717 −3.1%