  the shire of loddon is a local government area in victoria, australia, located in the northern part of the state. it covers an area of  and, at the 2011 census, had a population of 7,459. it includes the towns of inglewood, boort, serpentine, pyramid hill and wedderburn. it was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the shire of east loddon, shire of gordon, shire of korong, and parts of the rural city of marong, shire of bet bet, shire of maldon and shire of tullaroop. the shire is governed and administered by the loddon shire council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in wedderburn, it also has service centres located in boort and serpentine. the shire is named after the [[loddon river
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