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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{About|the local government area||Barossa (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga 
| name   = Barossa District Council
| state  = sa
| image  = Barossa LGA.png
| caption = The location of the Barossa Council in blue
| pop     = 25,066
| pop_year = 2021
| density = 27.48 
| area   = 912
| est   = 1996
| seat   = [[Nuriootpa, South Australia|Nuriootpa]]
| mayor  = Michael "Bim" Lange<ref name="elected">{{cite web | url=https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/sections/council/your-elected-members/your-elected-members | title=Your Elected Members | publisher=Barossa Council | access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref>
| region  = [[Barossa Light and Lower North]]<ref name=region>{{cite web|title=Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/23378/Barossa_Light_and_Lower_North_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>
| logo   = Logo of the Barossa Council.svg
| url   = http://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Schubert|Schubert]]
| fedgov  = [[Division of Barker|Barker]]
| fedgov2 = [[Division of Spence|Spence]]
| near-nw = [[Town of Gawler]]
| near-n  = [[Light Regional Council]]
| near-ne = [[Mid Murray Council]]
| near-e  = [[Mid Murray Council]]
| near-w  = [[City of Playford]]
| near-sw = [[Adelaide Hills Council]]
| near-s  = [[Adelaide Hills Council]]
| near-se = [[Mid Murray Council]]
}}

'''Barossa Council''' is a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in the [[Barossa Valley]] in [[South Australia]]. The council area covers 912 square kilometres, and had a population of over 23,000 in the [[2016 Australia Census|2016 Census]] and 25,066 in the 2021 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Barossa, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA40310 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>

==History==
Barossa Council was created in July 1996, following the amalgamation of the District Council of Angaston, the District Council of Barossa and the District Council of Tanunda. The council gained a portion of the former [[District Council of Mount Pleasant]] in July 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/Media/Default/Council/Fact%20Sheets/Our%20Council/About%20Council.pdf | title=About Council Fact Sheet | publisher=Barossa Council | access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>

==Description==
Townships in the council area include
* [[Angaston, South Australia|Angaston]]
* [[Eden Valley, South Australia|Eden Valley]]
* [[Lyndoch, South Australia|Lyndoch]]
* [[Moculta, South Australia|Moculta]]
* [[Mount Pleasant, South Australia|Mount Pleasant]]
* [[Nuriootpa, South Australia|Nuriootpa]]
* [[Penrice, South Australia|Penrice]]
* [[Springton, South Australia|Springton]]
* [[Stockwell, South Australia|Stockwell]]
* [[Tanunda, South Australia|Tanunda]]
* [[Williamstown, South Australia|Williamstown]]

==Mayors==
* [[Brian Hurn]] - 1996-2014
* Bob Sloane - 2014-2018
* Michael "Bim" Lange - 2018 - present

==See also==
*[[List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia]]
* [[Hoffnungsthal, South Australia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/ Official website]
*[http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=4133 Local Government Association]

{{Barossa Council localities}}
{{Local Government Areas of South Australia}}
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[[Category:Local government areas of South Australia]]
[[Category:Barossa Valley]]


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