Alpine Shire
Alpine Shire | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Bright | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Sarah Nicholas | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 4,788 km2 (1,849 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 13,235 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.7642/km2 (7.1593/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Alpine Shire | ||||||||||||
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The Alpine Shire is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 4,788 square kilometres (1,849 mi2) and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235.
It includes the towns of Bright, Dinner Plain, Harrietville, Mount Beauty, Myrtleford and Porepunkah. There are two unincorporated areas surrounded by the shire: the Mount Hotham and Falls Creek Alpine Resorts.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Alpine Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bright. It also has service centres located in Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford.
Over 90% of the Shire is public land. The Shire is home to two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park. The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.