๐ฆ๐บ The City of Latrobe is a local government area in the Gippsland region in eastern Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living within the four major urban areas of Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, and Churchill, and other significant settlements in the LGA include Boolarra, Callignee, Glengarry, Jeeralang, Newborough, Toongabbie, Tyers, Yallourn North and Yinnar. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Moe, City of Morwell, City of Traralgon, Shire of Traralgon, and parts of the Shire of Narracan and Shire of Rosedale. The Yallourn Works Area was added in 1996. When formed, the municipality was called the Shire of La Trobe, but on 6 April 2000, it adopted its current name.
The city is governed by the Latrobe City Council, with its seat of local government and administrative centre located at the council headquarters, 141 Commercial Road, Morwell. It also has service centres located in Moe, Churchill and Traralgon. The city is named after the Latrobe River and Latrobe Valley, major geographical features that meander through the north of the LGA.
Economy: Industry The City has traditionally been recognised as the centre of Victoria's electricity industry, which is derived from one of the largest brown coal reserves in the world. It also the centre of a large forestry industry which services Australian Paper's pulp and paper mill (the largest in Australia) and other sawmills. Other industries in the area include food processing (Lion Foods โ Morwell), engineering, post secondary education (Federation University Australia), and the service sector. Being the largest population centre in the Gippsland region, Latrobe acts as the regional headquarters for Government agencies and private operators including banks and insurance companies.
Latrobe is also close to popular tourist attractions including the Baw Baw and Tarra-Bulga National Parks and is the natural service centre to the historic gold mining town of Walhalla.
The power generators include: โข Loy Yang A & B Power Stations, Loy Yang โข Yallourn Power Station, Yallourn โข Jeeralang Power Station, Hazelwood North
Two power stations have closed in recent years, including International Power Hazelwood (2017), and EnergyBrix (Morwell) power station and briquette manufacturing facility (2014).
Latrobe City has a population of over 75,211 people. Latrobe City also forms part of the wider Latrobe Valley region which has a population of over 125,000 people. For the location of Latrobe City see: Morwell.
๐ฆ๐บ Greater Geelong -38.15
๐ฆ๐บ Greater Dandenong -38.006
๐ฆ๐บ Sandringham -37.953
๐ฆ๐บ Point Cook -37.909
๐ฆ๐ท Bahรญa Blanca -38.718
๐ฆ๐ท Cipolletti -38.929
๐ฆ๐บ Townsville 146.818
๐ฆ๐บ Albury-Wodonga 146.91
๐ฆ๐บ Launceston 147.133
๐ต๐ฌ Port Moresby 147.193
๐ฆ๐บ Wagga Wagga 147.357
๐ฆ๐บ Rosny Park 147.367
Locations Near: Latrobe City 146.4,-38.2333
๐ฆ๐บ Morwell 146.4,-38.233 d: 0
๐ฆ๐บ Latrobe 146.438,-38.275 d: 5.7
๐ฆ๐บ Maroondah 145.263,-37.807 d: 110.3
๐ฆ๐บ Wantirna South 145.224,-37.881 d: 110.2
๐ฆ๐บ Greater Dandenong 145.19,-38.006 d: 108.8
๐ฆ๐บ Knox 145.217,-37.883 d: 110.6
๐ฆ๐บ Ringwood 145.231,-37.811 d: 112.7
๐ฆ๐บ Nunawading 145.177,-37.817 d: 116.7
๐ฆ๐บ Whitehorse 145.15,-37.833 d: 118.2
Antipodal to: Latrobe City -33.6,38.233
๐ต๐น Angra do Heroรญsmo -27.217,38.65 d: 19457.3
๐ต๐น Ponta Delgada -25.673,37.736 d: 19318.4
๐ต๐น Madeira -17,32.75 d: 18396.2
๐ต๐น Funchal -16.905,32.648 d: 18383.1
๐ง๐ท Florianรณpolis -48.552,27.592 d: 18189.6
๐ง๐ท Greater Vitรณria -40.308,20.289 d: 17918
๐ง๐ท Guarulhos -46.517,23.455 d: 17965.3
๐ฎ๐จ Arona -16.667,28.1 d: 18082.8
๐ฎ๐จ San Cristรณbal de La Laguna -16.314,28.478 d: 18082.7
๐ฎ๐จ Santa Cruz de Tenerife -16.25,28.467 d: 18077.1