Shire of Pyrenees

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Shire of Pyrenees

| state = vic

| image = Australia Victoria Pyrenees Shire.svg

| caption = Location in Victoria

| pop = 7,671

| pop_year = 2021

| pop_footnotes = {{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

| area = 3435

| area_footnotes =

| est = 1994

| gazetted = 23 September 1994{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1994&class=S&page_num=16&state=V&classNum=S63 |title=S63 of 1994: Order estg the Shire of Pyrenees |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=23 September 1994 |pages=16–23 |accessdate=10 January 2014}}

| mayor = Cr Tanya Kehoe

| seat = Beaufort

| region = Grampians

| logo = Pyrenees Shire Council Logo - 2022.svg

| url = http://www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au/

| stategov = Ripon

| fedgov = Mallee

| fedgov2 = Wannon

| near-nw = Northern Grampians

| near-n = Northern Grampians

| near-ne = Central Goldfields

| near-w = Ararat

| near-e = Hepburn, Ballarat

| near-sw = Ararat

| near-s = Corangamite

| near-se = Golden Plains

}}

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The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of {{convert|3435|km2|mi2}} and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353.

It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and Trawalla. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Avoca, Shire of Lexton, and Shire of Ripon.{{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1995&class=S&page_num=5&state=V&classNum=S4 |title=S4 of 1995: Order altg (Part 12) the Shire of Pyrenees |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=20 January 1995 |page=5 |accessdate=10 January 2014}}

The Shire is governed and administered by the Pyrenees Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Beaufort, it also has a service centre located in Avoca. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Pyrenees Ranges which also lends its name to the Pyrenees wine region, which is located in the north of the Local Government Area.