Shire of Glenelg
Shire of Glenelg | |||||||||||||
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Municipal offices in Portland Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Portland | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Karen Stephens | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 6,219 km2 (2,401 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 19,665 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.1621/km2 (8.1898/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Glenelg | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,219 square kilometres (2,401 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665. It includes the towns of Casterton, Heywood, Merino and Portland.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Glenelg Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Portland, it also has service centres located in Casterton and Heywood. The Shire is named after the Glenelg River, a major geographical feature that meanders through the Shire.
Service industries, timber production, grazing and manufacturing are the Shire's main economic activities.