Brighton Municipality

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Municipality of Brighton
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Location of the Brighton Municipality in Tasmania
structure
State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Administrative headquarters: Brighton
Dates and numbers
Area : 180  km²
Residents : 16,512 (2016)
Population density : 92 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 42 ° 42 ′  S , 147 ° 15 ′  E The Brighton Municipality is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Tasmania . The area is 180 km² and has around 16,500 inhabitants (2016).

Brighton is located in the southeast of the island and is half part of the area of ​​the capital Hobart . The area includes eight hamlets and hamlets: Bridgewater , Brighton, Brighton Camp, Dromedary, Gagebrook, Old Beach, Pontville and Tea Tree. The seat of the council is in the town of Brighton in the center of the LGA, where about 4000 inhabitants live (2016).

administration

The Brighton Council has nine members. The mayor (mayor), his deputy (deputy) and seven councilors are directly elected by the residents of the LGA. Brighton is not subdivided into districts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Brighton (LGA) ( 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 : Brighton (State Suburb) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.