Bass Coast Shire
Bass Coast Shire | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Wonthaggi | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Clare Le Serve | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 866 km2 (334 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 35,327 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 40.793/km2 (105.65/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 2 December 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Bass Coast Shire | ||||||||||||
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The Bass Coast Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern part of the state. It covers an area of 866 square kilometres (334 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 35,327. It includes the towns of Bass, Cape Paterson, Cape Woolamai, Corinella, Coronet Bay, Cowes, Inverloch, Kilcunda, Lang Lang, Newhaven, Rhyll, San Remo, Summerlands and Wonthaggi as well as the historic locality of Krowera. It also includes the popular tourist destination Phillip Island.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Bass Coast Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is the council headquarters in Wonthaggi, with other service centres located in Cowes, Grantville and Inverloch. The Shire is named after its most precious asset, the coasts of Bass Strait and Western Port.