Shire of Indigo

The Shire of Indigo 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 2,044 square kilometres (789 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 15,178. It includes the towns of Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Rutherglen, Shire of Chiltern, Shire of Yackandandah and United Shire of Beechworth.

The Shire is governed and administered by the Indigo Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beechworth, it also has service centres located in Chiltern, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. The Shire is named after the Indigo Valley and Indigo Creek, geographical features that meander through the LGA and into the Murray River.

In 2008, Indigo was rated fifteenth of 590 Australian local government areas in the BankWest Quality of Life Index.

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Current composition