The Shire of Corangamite is a

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in the

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region of

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, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 16,140. It includes the towns of Camperdown,

Terang Terang is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Corangamite and on the Princes Highway south west of the state's capital, Melbourne. At the , Terang had a population of 1,824. At the 2001 census, T ...

, Cobden,

Timboon Timboon is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Corangamite local government area, and is approximately south-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2001 census, Timboon had a population ...

Port Campbell Port Campbell () is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the , Port Campbell had a population of 478. History The port and the town are named ...

and

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. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Town of Camperdown,

Shire of Hampden The Shire of Hampden was a local government area about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1857 until 1994. History Hampden was first incorporated as the Ha ...

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, and parts of the

Shire of Otway The Shire of Otway was a Local government in Australia, local government area about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1919 until 1994. Histor ...

Shire of Mortlake The Shire of Mortlake was a local government area about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. History Mortlake was incorporated as a road district on 20 ...

and

Shire of Warrnambool The Shire of Warrnambool was a local government area located about west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1854 until 1994. Warrnambool itself was managed by a se ...

. The Shire is governed and administered by the Corangamite Shire Council; its

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Camperdown. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region,

Lake Corangamite Lake Corangamite , a hypersaline endorheic lake, is located near Colac in the Lakes and Craters region of the Victorian Volcanic Plains of south-west Victoria, Australia. The lake's salinity levels have increased dramatically as the lake level ...

, which is located on the eastern boundary of the LGA. It came into existence on 23 September 1994 through the amalgamation of the local government areas of Camperdown Town, Hampden Shire (part), Heytesbury Shire (part), Mortlake Shire (part), Otway Shire (part) & Warrnambool Shire (part).

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of five wards and seven councillors, with three councillors elected to represent the Central Ward and one councillor per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards.

Administration and governance

The Council meets at the Killara Centre in Camperdown while its main Council offices are located at 181 Manifold Street.

Main towns in shire

In the 2021 census the shire had a population of 16,115.

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