Shire of West Wimmera
Shire of West Wimmera | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Edenhope | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Bruce Meyer | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 9,108 km2 (3,517 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 3,862 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.42402/km2 (1.09821/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of West Wimmera | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of West Wimmera is a local government area in the western part of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 9,108 square kilometres (3,517 mi2) and in June 2018 had a population of 3,862. It includes the towns of Apsley, Edenhope, Goroke, Gymbowen, Harrow, Kaniva, Minimay, Nurcoung and Serviceton.
The Shire is governed and administered by the West Wimmera Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Edenhope, it also has a service centre located in Kaniva. The Shire is named after the Wimmera region, in which the LGA occupies the western portion. The LGA is also located entirely to the west of the Wimmera River, which actually meanders through the Rural City of Horsham to the east.