Lev HaSharon Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית לב השרון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Lev HaSharon'', ''lit.'' Heart of the
Sharon
Sharon ( he, שָׁרוֹן ''Šārôn'' "plain") is a given name as well as an Israeli surname.
In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name. However, historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In I ...
Regional Council) is a
regional council in the
Central District of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. The council was established in 1984, unifying Hadar HaSharon and Northern Sharon regional councils, and covers 18 villages with a total area of 57,000
dunam
A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...
s and a population of 13,600.
It borders
Hefer Valley Regional Council
The Hefer Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק חפר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Hefer'') is a regional council in the Hefer Valley region of the Sharon plain in central Israel. It is named after an administrative district ...
and
Pardesiya
Pardesiya ( he, פַּרְדֵּסִיָּה) is a town in the Central District of Israel. Located on the Sharon plain, between Kfar Yona and the Lev HaSharon Regional Council, it was founded between 1937 and 1939. In it had a population of ; i ...
to the north,
Qalansawe
Qalansawe or Qalansuwa ( ar, قلنسوة, he, קלנסווה, lit. "turban") is an Arab city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. Part of Triangle (Israel), the Triangle, in it had a population of .
History
Medieval ...
,
Tira and the
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
to the east,
Drom HaSharon Regional Council
The Drom HaSharon Regional Council ( he, מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית דְּרוֹם הַשָׁרוֹן, translit. ''Mo'atza Azorit Drom HaSharon'', ''lit.'' Southern Sharon Regional Council) is a regional council in the Sharon region in c ...
to the south and
Even Yehuda
Even Yehuda ( he, אֶבֶן יְהוּדָה) is a town in the central Sharon region of Israel east of Netanya. In it had a population of .
History
The area of Even Yehuda has been inhabited intermittently since the Middle Paleolithic age, wit ...
and
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
to the west. Until 1997 it also covered
Tzoran, now a
local council.
List of communities
*Moshavim
**
Azri'el
Azri'el ( he, עַזְרִיאֵל) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Tel Mond, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Moshav Azriel was founded in 1951 by immi ...
·
Bnei Dror
Bnei Dror ( he, בְּנֵי דְּרוֹר, ''lit.'' Sons of Liberty) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located near Netanya and covering 3,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a populat ...
·
Ein Sarid ·
Ein Vered
Ein Vered ( he, עֵין וֶרֶד, , Rose Spring) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Before the 20th century th ...
·
Geulim
Geulim ( he, גְּאֻלִים, , Redeemed) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Before the 20th centu ...
·
Herut
Herut ( he, חֵרוּת, ''Freedom'') was the major conservative nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism.
History
Herut was founded by Menachem Begin ...
·
Kfar Hess
Kfar Hess ( he, כְּפַר הֶס, , Hess Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain to the south-east of Tel Mond and covering 3,800 dunams, located 262.5 feet (80 meters) above sea level and it falls under the jurisd ...
·
Kfar Yabetz ·
Mishmeret
Mishmeret ( he, מִשְׁמֶרֶת, , Position or Post) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya and the HaSharon Junction and covering 3,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Cou ...
·
Nitzanei Oz ·
Nordia
Nordia ( he, נוֹרְדִיָּה) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya and the HaSharon Junction, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Hist ...
·
Porat · ·
Tnuvot
Tnuvot ( he, תְּנוּבוֹת, , Crops) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Netanya and Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
A hist ...
·
Tzur Moshe ·
Yanuv
Yanuv ( he, יָנוּב, , ewill Come Forth) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya and Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Before t ...
*Community settlements
**
Ganot Hadar
Ganot Hadar ( he, גַּנּוֹת הָדָר, ''lit.'' Citrus Gardens) is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Hi ...
·
Ye'af
*Other villages
**
Kfar Avoda
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Lev HaSharon region is
twinned with:
*
Tczew
Tczew (, csb, Dërszewò; formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in Pomerelia, Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021). The city is known for its Old Town and the Vistula Bridge, or Bridge of Tczew ...
''(since 1997)''
*
Witten
Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Witten is situated in the Ruhr valley, in the southern Ruhr area.
Bordering municipalities
* Bochum
* Dortmu ...
''(since 1979)''
References
External links
Official website
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Regional councils in Israel
Sharon plain