Schmiedrued is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

Schmiedrued has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.64 square kilometers (3.34 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.67 square kilometers (0.26 sq mi) or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads).

25.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Schmiedrued is; 116 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 173 teenagers or 14.3% are between 10 and 19.

[7] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.5% of the vote.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 208 or 17.1% were Roman Catholic, while 854 or 70.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.