Blampied, Victoria

{{Infobox Australian place| type = town

| name = Blampied

| state = vic

| image = BlampiedRomanCatholicChurch.JPG

| caption = St Joseph's Roman Catholic church

| use_lga_map = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|37|22|0|S|144|03|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Shire of Hepburn

| postcode = 3364

| est =

| pop = 212

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes =

| elevation=

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| stategov = Ripon

| fedgov = Ballarat

| dist1 = 117

| dir1 = NW

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 33

| dir2 = NE

| location2= Ballarat

| dist3 = 9

| dir3 = W

| location3= Daylesford

}}

Blampied is a town in the central highlands of Victoria on the Midland Highway. The town is in the Shire of Hepburn, {{convert|117|km|mi}} north west of the state capital of Melbourne. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Blampied and the surrounding area had a population of 212.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC20258|name=Blampied (State Suburb)|accessdate=9 July 2017|quick=on}}

History

The town was named after Louis Blampied who built a hotel here which is now called the Swiss Mountain Inn.{{cite web| last =Darwin | first =Norm | title =Neighbours - Towns of Daylesford & district

| publisher =Australian Web Archive | url =http://www.sebas.vic.edu.au/staff/ndarwin/neighbours.htm | archive-url =https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/19990604000000/http://www.sebas.vic.edu.au/staff/ndarwin/neighbours.htm | url-status =dead | archive-date =1999-06-04 | accessdate =2009-01-04 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Blampied Post Office opened on 20 November 1879 and closed in 1971.{{Cite web

| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11}}

References

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)