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Wangaratta Rural City

Rural City of Wangaratta
Victoria
Australia Victoria Wangaratta RC.svg
Location in Victoria
Population 28,310 (2016 census)
 • Density 7.7796/km2 (20.149/sq mi)
Established 1994
Gazetted 18 November 1994
Area 3,639 km2 (1,405.0 sq mi)
Chief Administrator Mrs Ailsa Fox
Council seat Wangaratta
Region Hume
State electorate(s) Ovens Valley
Federal Division(s) Indi
Rural City of Wangaratta Logo.jpg
Website Rural City of Wangaratta
LGAs around Rural City of Wangaratta:
Moira Indigo Indigo
Benalla Rural City of Wangaratta Alpine
Mansfield Mansfield Wellington

The Rural City of Wangaratta 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 3,639 square kilometres (1,405 sq mi) and, at the 2016 Census, had a population of 28,310. It includes the towns of Cheshunt, Eldorado, Everton, Glenrowan, Greta, Greta West, Milawa, Moyhu, Oxley, Tarrawingee, Wangaratta and Whitfield. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Wangaratta, Shire of Wangaratta, Shire of Oxley, and parts of the United Shire of Beechworth, Shire of Benalla and Shire of Yarrawonga. When formed the municipality was originally called the Shire of Milawa, but a few months later, was renamed to its current name.

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Wangaratta Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wangaratta. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Wangaratta, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 17,377.


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