Armidale Dumaresq Shire
Armidale Dumaresq | |||||||||||||
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Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 30°30′S 151°40′E / 30.500°S 151.667°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | New England | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Abolished | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Armidale | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Jim Maher | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 4,235 km2 (1,635 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 24,105 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.6919/km2 (14.7418/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Armidale Dumaresq | ||||||||||||
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The Armidale Dumaresq Council was a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2000 from the merger of the original City of Armidale with the surrounding Dumaresq Shire and abolished on 12 May 2016, where the council, together with Guyra Shire, was subsumed into the Armidale Regional Council with immediate effect.
The combined former area covered the urban area of Armidale and the surrounding region, extending primarily eastward from the city through farming districts to the gorges and escarpments that mark the edge of the Northern Tablelands.
The last mayor of the Armidale Dumaresq Council was Cr. Herman Beyersdorf until the council was abolished on 12 May 2016, amalgamating with Guyra Shire to form the Armidale Regional Council.