Richvald

The municipality lies at an altitude of 373 metres (1,224 ft)^[2] and covers an area of 21.88 km² (8.45 sq mi) (2025).^[4]

The pronunciation of Richvald is not the same as the English word rich (meaning wealthy). The ch has the breathy sound of the German word ich (which is translated I in English).

During the time that Slovakia was part of Austria-Hungary, the village was listed on Hungarian maps under the name Erdovagas.

The German Luftwaffe took aerial photographs of this village and the surrounding countryside during World War II. Black and white images may be obtained from the US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey.

It has a population of 1016 people (31 December 2025).^[6]

In year 2021 was 996 people by ethnicity 975 as Slovak, 16 as Romani, 14 as Not found out, 8 as Czech, 4 as German, 3 as Rusyn, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Other and 1 as English.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 996 people by religion 654 from Evangelical Church, 245 from Roman Catholic Church, 30 from None, 23 from Greek Catholic Church, 13 from Church of the Brethren, 11 from Not found out, 10 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 4 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Other and 1 from Buddhism.