Parkes Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Parkes Shire
state = nsw


caption = Location in New South Wales
pop = 14,433Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA16200|name=Parkes (A) (Local Government Area)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]
area = 5958
est =
seat = Parkes (2 Cecile Street}cite web
title=Parkes Shire Council
publisher = Department of Local Government
url = http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=6200
accessdate = 2006-11-28 ]
mayor = Robert Wilson
region = Central West

url = http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au
stategov = Dubbo
fedgov = Parkes
near-nw = Lachlan
near-n = Narromine
near-ne = Dubbo
near-w = Lachlan
near-e = Cabonne
near-sw = Lachlan
near-s = Forbes
near-se = Cabonne The Parkes Shire Council is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Broken Hill railway line and the Newell Highway.

It administers the town of Parkes and the surrounding region of 5919 square kilometres, with a population of approximately 15,300 (as of 2004), including the towns of Peak Hill, Alectown, Bogan Gate, Trundle and Tullamore.

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