Nirit ( he, נִירִית) is a

community settlement A community settlement ( he, יישוב קהילתי, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the village's residents are organized in ...

in central

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 ...

. Located near Matan and the

Horshim Horshim ( he, חוֹרְשִׁים, ''lit.'' Ploughmen) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the south of the Sharon plain and covering 3,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population ...

forest, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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 ...

. In it had a population of .

Etymology

Nirit was founded on January 19, 1982Nirit - The Beginning
Nirit and was named after an indigenous plant,

Ridolfia segetum ''Ridolfia segetum'', called false fennel, corn parsley, or false caraway, is an annual weed of the Mediterranean region. Its height . The stem is erect, striate, and branched. The glabrous leaves are finely divided several times with filiform lea ...

, growing nearby. It expanded twice, once in 1986–1988 and again in 2000. Until 1986 there were only 15 families in temporary buildings, and nowadays it grew to about 240 families. In 2005 a new neighborhood named Nof HaSharon was built adjacent to Nirit. This neighborhood is located just outside (east of) the Green Line, actually belongs to the

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...

Alfei Menashe Alfei Menashe ( he, אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶׁה, ar, ألفي منشيه, , ''lit.'' Thousands of Manasseh) is an Israeli settlement located in the seam zone on the western edge of the central West Bank. Its name is taken from the bible (De ...

, but in practice it is mostly merged with Nirit. The community is managed by elected committees, whose members are volunteers. The communal character of Nirit is expressed by an active cultural life, events, and close ties between the residents.

Notable residents

Tamir Pardo Tamir Pardo ( he, תמיר פרדו; born 1953) is the former Director of the Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on January 1, 2011. The appointment was announced by Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 29, 2010. Biogr ...

(b. 1953), former Director of the Mossad

References

External links

Official website
{{Drom HaSharon Regional Council Community settlements Populated places established in 1982 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1982 establishments in Israel