Bega Valley Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Bega Valley
state = nsw


caption = Location in NSW
region=South Coast
area=6280
seat=Bega (Zingel Place)cite web
title=Bega Valley Shire Council
publisher = Department of Local Government
url = http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=550
accessdate = 2006-11-14 ]
post=
pop= formatnum:31062
pop_footnotes = Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA10550|name=Bega Valley (A) (Local Government Area)|accessdate=2008-03-23|quick=on]
url=http://www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au/
mayor=Tony Allen
fedgov =Eden-Monaro
stategov =Bega, Monaro
near-nw= Cooma-Monaro
near-w= Bombala
near-sw= East Gippsland (Vic)
near-s= East Gippsland (Vic)
near-se= Pacific Ocean
near-e= Pacific Ocean
near-ne= Pacific Ocean
near-n= Eurobodalla

Bega Valley Shire is located on the south-eastern coastline of New South Wales and extends from Bermagui in the north to the Victorian border in the south. It includes the towns of Bega, Tathra, Merimbula, Tura Beach, Wolumla, Cobargo, Bemboka, Pambula, Pambula Beach, Towamba and the former whaling port of Eden. The Bega Valley Shire is also known as the Sapphire Coast for tourism and marketing purposes.

The Shire is the largest local government area in coastal NSW with an area of 6,280 square kilometres and has the longest coastline of any council in NSW. It is sparsely populated, largely because 75% of the area belongs to various National Parks and State Forests. The population as of the 2006 Census was 31,062.

Bega Valley is particularly known for its dairy industry, though tourism and the Sydney rock oyster industry are of growing importance.

In August 1999 the Bega Valley shire council was sacked and an administrator was put in place until 2002 where a new council was elected.

External links

* [http://www.thebegavalley.com/ Community Website]
* [http://www.lgworks.net.au/council/Bega_Valley LGWORKS: Bega Valley Shire Council ]

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