{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Shire of Pyrenees | state = vic | image = Australia Victoria Pyrenees Shire.svg | caption = Location in Victoria | pop = 7,671 | pop_year = 2021 | pop_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> | area = 3435 | area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA/> | est = 1994 | gazetted = 23 September 1994<ref name=Gazette>{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1994&class=S&page_num=16&state=V&classNum=S63 |title=S63 of 1994: Order estg the Shire of Pyrenees |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=23 September 1994 |pages=16–23 |accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref> | mayor = Cr Tanya Kehoe | seat = Beaufort | region = Grampians | logo = Pyrenees Shire Council Logo - 2022.svg | url = http://www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au/ | stategov = Ripon | fedgov = Mallee | fedgov2 = Wannon | near-nw = Northern Grampians | near-n = Northern Grampians | near-ne = Central Goldfields | near-w = Ararat | near-e = Hepburn, Ballarat | near-sw = Ararat | near-s = Corangamite | near-se = Golden Plains }} [[File:BeaufortPyreneesShireOffices.JPG|thumb|The Pyrenees Shire Council offices in Beaufort]] The '''Shire of Pyrenees''' is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of {{convert|3435|km2|mi2}} and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.<ref name=ABSLGA/> It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton, Snake Valley and Trawalla.
The Shire is governed and administered by the '''Pyrenees Shire Council'''; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beaufort, it also has a service centre located in Avoca. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Pyrenees Ranges, located in the north of the Shire, which also lends its name to the Pyrenees wine region.
== History == The Pyrenees Shire was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Avoca (less the township of Navarre in the extreme north-west corner), Shire of Lexton, and Shire of Ripon (less the Lake Burrumbeet area).<ref name="Gazette" /><ref>{{cite web |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |title=S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 12) the Shire of Pyrenees |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1995&class=S&page_num=5&state=V&classNum=S4 |accessdate=10 January 2014 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |page=5 |publication-date=20 January 1995}}</ref> center|thumb|333x333px|Pyrenees Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.
==Council==
===Current composition===
{{Victoria LGA ward map|year=2024|lga=Pyrenees}} The council is composed of five wards and five councillors, with one councillor per ward elected to represent each ward.<ref name=Council>{{cite web |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/council-election-results/2024-council-election-results/pyrenees-shire-council |title=Pyrenees Shire Council election results 2024|author=Victorian Electoral Commission |accessdate=11 August 2025}}</ref> Council Composition as of August 2025: {| class="wikitable" |- !Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Notes |- | Avoca | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Rebecca Wardlaw || |- | Beaufort | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Damian Ferrari || |- | De Cameron | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Megan Phelan || |- | Ercildoune | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Simon Tol || |- | Mount Emu | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| || Tanya Kehoe || Mayor |- |}
===Administration and governance=== The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Beaufort Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Beaufort, and its service centre in Avoca.
== Traditional owners == The traditional owners of this land are the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Eastern Maar, Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jardwadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reconciliation|url=https://www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au/Community/Reconciliation|access-date=2025-08-11|website=www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>
==Townships and localities== In the 2021 census, the shire's population was 7,671, up from 7,238 in the 2016 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan="3" | Population |- ! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021 |- | {{VICcity|Amphitheatre}} || 248 || 223 |- | {{VICcity|Avoca}} || 1,193 || 1,356 |- | {{VICcity|Barkly}}^ || 43 || 49 |- | {{VICcity|Beaufort}} || 1,539 || 1,712 |- | {{VICcity|Bo Peep}}^ || 21 || 25 |- | {{VICcity|Brewster}} || 51 || 47 |- | {{VICcity|Buangor}}^ || 103 || 112 |- | {{VICcity|Bung Bong}}^ || 51 || 63 |- | {{VICcity|Burnbank}} || 59 || 47 |- | {{VICcity|Burrumbeet}}^ || 232 || 249 |- | {{VICcity|Carngham}} || 146 || 171 |- | {{VICcity|Carranballac}}^ || 42 || 43 |- | {{VICcity|Chepstowe}} || 61 || 60 |- | {{VICcity|Chute}} || 18 || 13 |- | {{VICcity|Cross Roads}} || 19 || 27 |- | {{VICcity|Crowlands}}^ || 89 || 72 |- | {{VICcity|Elmhurst}}^ || 183 || 185 |- | {{VICcity|Ercildoune}}^ || 70 || 90 |- | {{VICcity|Evansford}}^ || 131 || 147 |- | {{VICcity|Eversley}}^ || 10 || 14 |- | {{VICcity|Frenchmans}} || 13 || 7 |- | {{VICcity|Glenbrae}} || 30 || 30 |- | {{VICcity|Glenlofty}} || 17 || 11 |- | {{VICcity|Glenlogie}}^ || 33 || 29 |- | {{VICcity|Glenpatrick}} || 31 || 13 |- | {{VICcity|Hillcrest}} || 95 || 99 |- | {{VICcity|Homebush}} || 36 || 31 |- | {{VICcity|Lake Goldsmith}} || 29 || 22 |- | {{VICcity|Lake Wongan}} || 8 || 3 |- | {{VICcity|Lamplough}} || 61 || 49 |- | {{VICcity|Landsborough}} || 180 || 200 |- | {{VICcity|Landsborough West}}^ || 41 || 49 |- | {{VICcity|Langi Kal Kal}} || 400 || 336 |- | {{VICcity|Lexton}} || 231 || 284 |- | {{VICcity|Lillicur}}^ || 29 || 85 |- | {{VICcity|Linton}}^ || 580 || 635 |- | {{VICcity|Main Lead}} || 46 || 42 |- | {{VICcity|Mena Park}} || 27 || 32 |- | {{VICcity|Middle Creek}}^ || 19 || 22 |- | {{VICcity|Moonambel}} || 167 || 185 |- | {{VICcity|Mount Emu}} || 26 || 28 |- | {{VICcity|Mount Lonarch}} || 42 || 44 |- | {{VICcity|Natte Yallock}}^ || 94 || 89 |- | {{VICcity|Navarre}}^ || 98 || 99 |- | {{VICcity|Nerring}} || 15 || 14 |- | {{VICcity|Nowhere Creek}} || 17 || 20 |- | {{VICcity|Percydale}} || 39 || 22 |- | {{VICcity|Pittong}}^ || 15 || 12 |- | {{VICcity|Raglan}} || 231 || 223 |- | {{VICcity|Rathscar}}^ || 21 || 19 |- | {{VICcity|Rathscar West}} || 23 || 31 |- | {{VICcity|Redbank}}^ || 94 || 102 |- | {{VICcity|Shays Flat}}^ || 13 || 3 |- | {{VICcity|Skipton}}^ || 586 || 609 |- | {{VICcity|Smythesdale}}^ || 1,032 || 1,189 |- | {{VICcity|Snake Valley}} || 743 || 820 |- | {{VICcity|Stockyard Hill}} || 49 || 49 |- | {{VICcity|Stoneleigh}}^ || 45 || 45 |- | {{VICcity|Streatham}}^ || 156 || 158 |- | {{VICcity|Tanwood}} || 26 || 15 |- | {{VICcity|Trawalla}} || 141 || 140 |- | {{VICcity|Wareek}}^ || 68 || 72 |- | {{VICcity|Warrenmang}} || 17 || 16 |- | {{VICcity|Waterloo}} || 110 || 122 |- | {{VICcity|Wattle Creek}}^ || 0 || 0 |- | {{VICcity|Waubra}}^ || 275 || 308 |} '''^''' - ''Territory divided with another LGA''
==See also== *List of places of worship in Pyrenees Shire
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au/ Pyrenees Shire Council official website] *[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/111 Metlink local public transport map] *[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] *[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/ADHSMain.htm Avoca and District Historical Society Inc] *https://web.archive.org/web/20110203095139/http://www.moonambel-pyrenees.com/ * {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}
{{Towns in Pyrenees Shire}} {{Local Government Areas of Victoria}}
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