{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{About|the local government area||Barossa (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Barossa District Council | state = sa | image = Barossa LGA.png | caption = The location of the Barossa Council in blue | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | density = 27.48 | area = 912 | est = 1996 | seat = Nuriootpa | mayor = Michael "Bim" Lange<ref name="elected">{{cite web | url=https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/sections/council/your-elected-members/your-elected-members | title=Your Elected Members | publisher=Barossa Council | access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> | region = Barossa Light and Lower North<ref name=region>{{cite web|title=Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/23378/Barossa_Light_and_Lower_North_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> | logo = Logo of the Barossa Council.svg | url = http://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/ | stategov = Schubert | fedgov = Barker | fedgov2 = Spence | near-nw = Town of Gawler | near-n = Light Regional Council | near-ne = Mid Murray Council | near-e = Mid Murray Council | near-w = City of Playford | near-sw = Adelaide Hills Council | near-s = Adelaide Hills Council | near-se = Mid Murray Council }}
'''Barossa Council''' is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres, and had a population of over 23,000 in the 2016 Census and 25,066 in the 2021 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Barossa, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA40310 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>
==History== Barossa Council was created in July 1996, following the amalgamation of the District Council of Angaston, the District Council of Barossa and the District Council of Tanunda. The council gained a portion of the former District Council of Mount Pleasant in July 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/Media/Default/Council/Fact%20Sheets/Our%20Council/About%20Council.pdf | title=About Council Fact Sheet | publisher=Barossa Council | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
==Description== Townships in the council area include * Angaston * Eden Valley * Lyndoch * Moculta * Mount Pleasant * Nuriootpa * Penrice * Springton * Stockwell * Tanunda * Williamstown
==Mayors== * Brian Hurn - 1996-2014 * Bob Sloane - 2014-2018 * Michael "Bim" Lange - 2018 - present
==See also== *List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia * Hoffnungsthal, South Australia
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==External links== *[http://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/ Official website] *[http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=4133 Local Government Association]
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Category:Local government areas of South Australia Category:Barossa Valley
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