Bergrivier Local Municipality
Bergrivier Local Municipality
Bergrivier Local Municipality is located within the West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province. Piketberg is the seat of the municipal council.
Adjacent municipalities are: Cederberg Local Municipality (north); Witzenberg Local Municipality and Cape Winelands District Municipality (east); Drakenstein Local Municipality and Cape Winelands District Municipality (south); Swartland Local Municipality (south); and Saldanha Bay Local Municipality (south-west). The municipality also borders the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
Introduction
The municipal headquarters are in the town of Piketberg, which is situated slightly north of the Berg River on the eastern slope of the mountain also known as the Piketberg. According to the 2011 census, Piketberg has a population of 12,075. The other principal towns in the municipality are Velddrif (pop. 11,017) on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Berg River, and Porterville (pop. 7,057) on the edge of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains.There are smaller agricultural villages in the vicinity of Piketberg at Goedverwacht (pop. 1,979) and Wittewater (pop. 848), and in the northern parts of the municipality at Aurora (pop. 578), Eendekuil (pop. 1,530), and Redelinghuys (pop. 574). Dwarskersbos (pop. 670) is a fishing village and coastal resort near Velddrif.n Census, the Bergrivier municipality had a population of 70,276, an increase of 11.74%
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