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The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 6,115 square kilometres (2,361 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 20,759.[1] It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Robinvale, Ultima and Woorinen South. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Swan Hill, Shire of Swan Hill and part of the Shire of Kerang.[2]

Rural City of Swan Hill Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	20,759 (2018)[1]
• Density	3.3948/km2 (8.7924/sq mi)
Established	1995
Gazetted	20 January 1995[2]
Area	6,115 km2 (2,361.0 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Ann Young
Council seat	Swan Hill
Region	Northern Victoria
State electorate(s)	Murray Plains Mildura
Federal division(s)	Mallee
Website	Rural City of Swan Hill
LGAs around Rural City of Swan Hill: Mildura Balranald (NSW) Balranald (NSW) Mildura Rural City of Swan Hill Murray River (NSW) Buloke Buloke Gannawarra

The Rural City is governed and administered by the Swan Hill Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Swan Hill, it also has a service centre located in Robinvale. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the south-east of the LGA, that is Swan Hill, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,431.[3]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of four wards and seven councillors, with four councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.[4]

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Central		Chris Jeffery
		Lea Johnson
		Bill Moar	Mayor (2019 – Current)
		Ann Young	Mayor (2016–2019)
Lakes		Les McPhee	Mayor (2013–2014)
Murray-Mallee		Nicole McKay
Robinvale		Jade Benham

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Swan Hill Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Swan Hill, and its service centre in Robinvale.

Main towns

In 2021 census of the rural city had a population of 21,403.

Sister cities

• Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Rural City of Swan Hill

References

External links

Media related to Rural City of Swan Hill at Wikimedia Commons

• Swan Hill Rural City Council official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

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[de] Swan Hill Rural City

-35.333333333333143.55 Die Rural City of Swan Hill ist ein lokales Verwaltungsgebiet (LGA) im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria um die Stadt Swan Hill. Das Gebiet ist 6115,3 km² groß und hat etwa 20.600 Einwohner.[1]

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- [en] Rural City of Swan Hill

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