The Rural City of Benalla is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

in the

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region of

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

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, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 14,024. It includes the towns of Baddaginnie,

Benalla Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822. It is the administrative cent ...

, Devenish, Goorambat, Major Plains, Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona,

Warrenbayne Warrenbayne is a locality in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The locality, part of the Rural City of Benalla local government area, is north east of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm ...

and Winton. It was formed in 2002 from the de-amalgamation of the Shire of Delatite into the current rural city and the

Shire of Mansfield The Mansfield Shire 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 and in June 2018, had a population of 8,979. It includes the towns of Mansfield, Mai ...

, the former being a merger between the latter, the

Shire of Benalla The Shire of Benalla was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1868 until 1994. From 1948 onwards, Benalla itself was managed by a diffe ...

and the

City of Benalla The City of Benalla was a Local government in Australia, local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city, which was surrounded by the Shire of Benalla, covered an are ...

. The Rural City is governed and administered by the Benalla Rural City Council; its

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Benalla. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the centre-north of the LGA, that is Benalla, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 10,331.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Benalla Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Benalla.

Main towns

In 2021 census the rural city had a population of 14,528.

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