Hevel Modi'in Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית חבל מודיעין, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hevel Modi'in'', ''lit.'' Modi'in Region Regional Council) is a

regional council Regional Council may refer to: * Regional Council (Hong Kong), disbanded in 1999 ** Regional Council (constituency) Regional council may refer to: * Regional council (Cameroon) * Regional council (France), the elected assembly of a region of Fra ...

in central Israel. It was founded in 1950 and covers an area from

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...

to Modi'in. The council borders * Drom HaSharon Regional Council, El'ad and Rosh HaAyin in the north * Mateh Binyamin Regional Council in the east * Gezer Regional Council and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south *Drom HaSharon, Lod Valley Regional Council,

Lod Lod ( he, לוד, or fully vocalized ; ar, اللد, al-Lidd or ), also known as Lydda ( grc, Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephe ...

and Ramle in the west. The head rabbi of the regional council is Rabbi Eliav Meir who is also the head rabbi of Gimzo.

List of settlements

The council covers a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

, 19

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

im, three

community settlements A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town ...

and a youth village. Kibbutzim * Be'erot Yitzhak Moshavim * Ahisamakh * Bareket * Beit Arif *

Beit Nehemia Beit Nehemia ( he, בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה, ''lit.'' House of Nehemiah) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a population of . History During the ...

* Ben Shemen *

Bnei Atarot Bnei Atarot ( he, בְּנֵי עֲטָרוֹת, ''lit.'' Sons of Atarot) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Yehud, around 15 kilometres east of Tel Aviv, it is situated in fertile plains at the eastern rim of Tel Aviv metropolitan area ...

Ginaton Ginaton ( he, גִּנָּתוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Shemen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1949 by immigrants ...

Gimzo Gimzo ( he, גִּמְזוֹ) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located between Lod and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a population of . Geography The moshav is on the outskirts of ...

Givat Koah Giv'at Ko'ah ( he, גִּבְעַת כֹּ"חַ, ''lit.'' Hill of the Twenty Eight or Strength Hill) is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the south of Petah Tikva, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had ...

* Hadid *

Kerem Ben Shemen Kerem Ben Shemen ( he, כֶּרֶם בֶּן שֶׁמֶן, ''lit.'' very fruitful vineyard), also known as Ben Shemen-Shikhun ( he, בן שמן-שיכון, lit. ''Ben Shemen Housing Complex'') is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod, it ...

* Kfar Daniel *

Kfar Rut Kfar Ruth ( he, כְּפַר רוּת, , Ruth's Village) is an Israeli settlement organised as a moshav. It was established in 1977 in an area that had become a no-man's land between Israel and Jordanian-controlled West Bank at the end of the 194 ...

* Kfar Truman *

Mazor Mazor ( he, מָזוֹר, ''lit.'' Cure) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around three kilometres south-east of Petah Tikva and covering 2,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council ...

Nehalim Nehalim ( he, נְחָלִים, ''lit.'' Streams) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located south of Petah Tikva, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The Nehalim commun ...

Rinatia Rinatya ( he, רִנַּתְיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Petah Tikva and Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a population of . History During the Ottoman period, Rinaty ...

Shilat Shilat ( he, שִׁילָּת) is a moshav partially in Israel and partially in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. Located around a kilometre north of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In it had a po ...

* Tirat Yehuda Community settlements * Lapid * Mevo Modi'im * Nofekh Youth villages * Ben Shemen Youth Village

External links

Council website
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