Rural City of Horsham
Rural City of Horsham | |||||||||||||
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Municipal offices in Horsham Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Horsham | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Brian Klowss | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 4,267 km2 (1,647 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 19,875 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.6578/km2 (12.0637/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Rural City of Horsham | ||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Horsham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 4,267 square kilometres (1,647 mi2) and in June 2018, had a population of 19,875. It includes the towns of Brimpaen, Dadswells Bridge, Dooen, Haven, Horsham, Laharum, Natimuk, Noradjuha and Pimpinio.
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Horsham Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Horsham. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north-east of the LGA, that is Horsham, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 16,514.
The region is the site of lakes and the Wimmera River system and in normal seasons is popular with fishing, boating, swimming and water enthusiasts.