City of Latrobe
Latrobe City | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Morwell | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Darren Howe | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 1,426 km2 (551 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 75,211 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 52.743/km2 (136.60/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 2 December 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Latrobe City | ||||||||||||
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The City of Latrobe (until 2000 known as the Shire of La Trobe) is a local government area in the Gippsland region in eastern Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 1,426 square kilometres (551 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 75,211. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living within the four major urban areas of Moe-Newborough, Morwell, Traralgon, and Churchill, and other significant settlements in the LGA include Boolarra, Callignee, Glengarry, Jeeralang, Toongabbie, Tyers, Yallourn North and Yinnar.
The city is governed by the Latrobe City Council, with its seat of local government and administrative centre located at the council headquarters, 141 Commercial Road, Morwell. It also has service centres located in Moe, Churchill and Traralgon. The city is named after the Latrobe River and Latrobe Valley, major geographical features that meander through the north of the LGA.