Barossa Council

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The Barossa Council
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Location of the Barossa Council in South Australia
structure
State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia
Administrative headquarters: Nuriootpa
Dates and numbers
Area : 912  km²
Residents : 23,558 (2016)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 34 ° 30 ′  S , 139 ° 3 ′  E The District Council of Barossa is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of South Australia . The area is 912 km² and has about 23,500 inhabitants (2016).

Barossa is located in the Outer Adelaide region and borders the metropolis of Adelaide in the southwest . The area includes 47 hamlets and villages: Altona, Angaston , Argent Town, Bald Hill, Barossa, Barossa Goldfields, Barossa Reservoir, Barossa Valley , Bethany , Bilyara, Cockatoo Valley, Collingrove, Concordia, Craneford, Cromer, Dorrien, Eden Valley, Flaxman Valley, Kalbeeba, Krondorf, Langmeil, Light Pass, Lone Pine, Lyndoch , Moculta, Mount Crawford, Mount Kitchener, Mount McKenzie, Mount Pleasant , Nuriootpa , Parrot Hill, Penrice, Pewsey Vale, Rocky Gully, Rosedale, Rowland Flat, Sandy Creek , South Para Reservoir, Springton, Stockwell, Tanunda , Tarawatta, Taunton, Vine Vale, Warren Reservoir, Williamstown and Wilton.

The administrative headquarters of the council is in the village of Nuriootpa in the north of the LGA, which has about 5700 inhabitants (2016).

administration

The Barossa Council has 14 members, the 13 Councilors and the Chairman and Mayor of the Council are elected by the residents of the LGA. Barossa is not divided into districts.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Barossa (DC) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Nuriootpa (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.