Pygery

Pygery
South Australia
Pygery
Coordinates33°01′0″S 135°25′0″E / 33.01667°S 135.41667°E / -33.01667; 135.41667
Population72 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)5655
Location
LGA(s)Wudinna District Council
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey

Pygery is a town in South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula and on the Eyre Highway, 569 kilometres (354 mi) north-west of the state capital, Adelaide. The town is part of the Wudinna District Council local government area. The town name is derived from the Aboriginal word paitjariti meaning "fighting place".

At the 2016 census, the locality of Pygery had a population of 72.