Shire of Capel

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Shire of Capel
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption = Location in Western Australia
pop = 10,206 (2006 census)
area = 557.6
est = 1894
seat = Capel
mayor = Murray Scott
region = South West

url = http://www.capel.wa.gov.au
stategov = Collie-Preston
fedgov = Forrest
near-nw = "Indian Ocean"
near-n = Bunbury
near-ne = Dardanup
near-w = "Indian Ocean"
near-e = Donnybrook- Balingup
near-sw = Busselton
near-s = Busselton
near-se = Donnybrook- Balingup

The Shire of Capel is a Local Government Area in the South West region of Western Australia, taking in the land between the cities of Bunbury and Busselton about convert|200|km|mi|0 south of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of convert|557.6|km2|sqmi|1, and its seat of government is the town of Capel.

History

Capel was initially constituted as the Bunbury Road Board in 1894 (as distinguished from the Bunbury Municipal District). In 1907, it was renamed to Capel, and on 1 July 1961, it became a Shire Council following changes to the Local Government Act. [WA Electoral Commission, "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.]

Wards

The shire is no longer divided into wards and the 11 councillors sit at large.

Towns/Localities

* Capel
* Boyanup
* Dalyellup
* Elgin
* Forrest Beach
* Gelorup
* Gwindinup
* Peppermint Grove Beach
* Stratham

References

External links

* [http://www.capel.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Capel]