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Shire of Alpine
Victoria
Shire of Alpine; Victoria
	Location in Victoria
Population	13,235 (2021 census)
• Density	2.7642/km2 (7.1593/sq mi)
Established	1994
Gazetted	18 November 1994
Area	4,788 km2 (1,848.7 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr John Forsyth
Council seat	Bright
Region	Hume
State electorate(s)	Ovens Valley
Federal division(s)	Indi
Website	Shire of Alpine
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The Shire of Alpine 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 4,788 square kilometres (1,849 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235.^[4]

It includes the towns of Bright, Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. There are two unincorporated areas within the shire: the areas around Mount Hotham and Falls Creek. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bright, Shire of Myrtleford, and parts of the United Shire of Beechworth, Shire of Oxley, Shire of Yackandandah and Shire of Omeo.^[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Alpine Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bright, it also has service centres located in Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. The Shire is named after its location in the popular alpine region of Victoria.

Over 90% of the Shire is public land.^[5] The Shire has two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park.^[6] The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.^[6]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.^[7]^[8]

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Unsubdivided		Ron Janas
		Kelli Prime
		Tony Keeble
		Simon Kelley
		Katarina Chalwell
		Sarah Nicholas
		John Forsyth

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bright Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities.^[9] It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bright, and its service centres in Dinner Plain, Mt Beauty and Myrtleford.

2020 election results

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Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,235, up from 12,337 in the 2016 national census.^[10]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Abbeyard	0	4
Barwidgee	106	96
Bogong	5	8
Bright	2,406	2,620
Buckland	135	156
Buffalo River	255	285
Cobungra^	53	58
Coral Bank	83	88
Dandongadale	3	8
Dargo^	99	105
Dederang	167	198

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Dinner Plain	230	128
Eurobin	212	239
Falls Creek^	293	326
Freeburgh	110	136
Gapsted	173	156
Germantown	0	0
Glen Creek	54	59
Gundowring^	214	208
Harrietville	338	488
Havilah	21	22
Hotham Heights^	196	128

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Kancoona	84	74
Kergunyah South	58	76
Merriang	178	182
Merriang South	41	43
Mongans Bridge	35	49
Mount Beauty	824	910
Mount Buffalo	0	5
Mudgegonga	172	184
Myrtleford	3,193	3,285
Nug Nug	21	36
Ovens	219	197

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Porepunkah	941	1,024
Rosewhite	134	141
Running Creek	42	36
Selwyn	0	0
Smoko	46	56
Tawonga	574	568
Tawonga South	862	1,012
Upper Gundowring	99	120
Wandiligong	453	522
Wongungarra^	0	0
Wonnangatta	0	0