City of Greater Shepparton
City of Greater Shepparton | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 36°23′00″S 145°24′00″E / 36.38333°S 145.40000°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Shepparton | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | Shane Sali | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 2,422 km2 (935 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 68,409 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 28.245/km2 (73.154/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Greater Shepparton | ||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Shepparton 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 2,422 square kilometres (935 mi2) and, in August 2021, had a population of 68,409. It includes the city of Shepparton and the towns of Arcadia, Ardmona, Congupna, Dookie, Grahamvale, Kialla, Lemnos, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Tallygaroopna, Tatura, Toolamba and Undera.
The city is governed and administered by the Greater Shepparton City Council. Its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Shepparton; it also has a service centre located in Tatura. The city is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre of the LGA, that is Shepparton, which together with adjoining Mooroopna form the LGA's most populous urban area with a population of 51,903.