Rural City of Benalla
| Rural City of Benalla Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 14,528 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 6.1742/km2 (15.991/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 17 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,353 km2 (908.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr Danny Claridge | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Benalla | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Euroa | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Rural City of Benalla | ||||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Benalla 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 2,353 square kilometres (908 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 14,528.
It includes the towns of Baddaginnie, Benalla, Devenish, Goorambat, Major Plains, Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona, Warrenbayne 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 former being a merger between the latter, the Shire of Benalla and the City of Benalla.
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Benalla Rural City Council; its seat of local government 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.