Break O'Day Municipality

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Municipality of Break O'Day
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Location of the Break O'Day Municipality in Tasmania
structure
State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Administrative headquarters: St Helens
Dates and numbers
Area : 3,809  km²
Residents : 6,104 (2016)
Population density : 1.6 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′  S , 148 ° 14 ′  E The Break O'Day Municipality is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Tasmania . The area is 3809 km² and has about 6100 inhabitants (2016).

Break O'Day is located in the northeast of the island on the coast and is about 190 kilometers from the capital Hobart . The area includes 29 hamlets and villages: Akaroa, Ansons Bay, Beaumaris, Binalong Bay, Chain of Lagoons, Cornwall, Eddystone, Falmouth, Four Mile Creek, Goshen, Goulds Country, Gray, Lottah, Mangana, Mathinna, Poimena, Pyengana, Round Hill, Scamander, Upper Scamander, Seymour, St Helens , Stieglitz, St. Marys , Upper Esk, The Gardens, The Station, West Pyengana and Weldborough. The seat of the Municipality Council is in the village of St Helens in the east of the LGA on Georges Bay, where around 1500 people live (2016).

administration

The Break O'Day Municipality Council has nine members. The mayor (mayor), his deputy (deputy) and seven councilors are directly elected by the residents of the LGA. Break O'Day is not divided into districts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Break O'Day (M) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. Localities by Council ( Memento of October 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 101 kB), Local Government Association of Tasmania
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : St Helens (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.