Rural City of Benalla

Rural City of Benalla Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population	14,528 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	6.1742/km2 (15.991/sq mi)
Established	2002
Gazetted	17 October 2002[2]
Area	2,353 km2 (908.5 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Danny Claridge
Council seat	Benalla
Region	Hume
State electorate(s)	Euroa
Federal division(s)	Indi
Website	Rural City of Benalla
LGAs around Rural City of Benalla: Campaspe Moira Wangaratta Greater Shepparton Rural City of Benalla Wangaratta Strathbogie Mansfield Wangaratta

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.^[1]

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,^[2] 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.^[3]