Red Deer County#Communities and localities

{{short description|Municipal district in Alberta, Canada}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Red Deer County

| other_name =

| native_name =

| nickname =

| settlement_type = Municipal district

| motto =

| image_skyline = Highway11-Red Deer County.JPG

| image_caption = Highway 11 passing through ranch land and aspen parkland in Red Deer County

| image_map = {{Location map+ |CAN AB Red Deer

|caption =

|float = center

|places =

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Red Deer

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg

|marksize = 10

|label_size = 125

|position = right

|lat_deg = 52.268056

|lon_deg = -113.811111}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Bowden

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = bottom

|lat_deg = 51.930556

|lon_deg = -114.025556}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Innisfail

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.033333

|lon_deg = -113.95}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Penhold

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.133333

|lon_deg = -113.866667}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Sylvan
Lake

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.308333

|lon_deg = -114.096389}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Delburne

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg

|marksize = 5

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.200861

|lon_deg = -113.233639}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Red Deer

|label = Elnora

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Village.svg

|marksize = 5

|position = top

|lat_deg = 51.99709

|lon_deg = -113.19549}}

}}

| image_map1 = AB locator RED DEER COUNTY.svg

| mapsize1 = 200

| map_caption1 = Location within Alberta

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 8

| government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jim Wood

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = {{Collapsible list|title=Red Deer County Council

| 1 = Lonny Kennet |2=Dana Depalme |3=Connie Huelsman |4=Brent Ramsay |5=Philip Massier |6=Christine Moore}}

| leader_title2 = Manager

| leader_name2 = Curtis Herzberg

| leader_title3 = MP

| leader_name3 = Blaine Calkins, Burton Bailey

| leader_title4 = Administrative office

| leader_name4 = west of Red Deer

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1944

| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = 1963

| area_footnotes =  (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 3919.25

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_note =

| population_total = 19933

| population_density_km2 = 5.1

| population_blank1_title =

| population_blank1 =

| population_blank2_title =

| population_blank2 =

| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −6

| coordinates = {{coord|52|16|5|N|113|48|40|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| postal_code_type = Forward sortation area

| postal_code = T4E

| area_code =

| website = {{URL|www.rdcounty.ca|rdcounty.ca}}

| footnotes =

}}

Red Deer County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 8 and surrounding the City of Red Deer. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are Clearwater County to the west, Lacombe County to the north, the County of Stettler No. 6 to the east, Kneehill County to the southeast and Mountain View County to the south. It is located approximately midway between Edmonton and Calgary, bisected by the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and bounded on the north and east by the Red Deer River.