Lev HaSharon Regional Council

Lev HaSharon לב השרון ليف هشارون
Regional council (from 1984)
Interactive map of Lev HaSharon
District	Central
Subdistrict	HaSharon
Government
• Head of Regional Council	Eli Aton
Area
• Total	56,720 dunams (56.72 km2; 21.90 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	22,700
• Density	400/km2 (1,040/sq mi)
Website	www.lev-hasharon.com

Lev HaSharon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית לב השרון, romanized: Mo'atza Azorit Lev HaSharon, lit. 'Heart of the Sharon Region') is a regional council in the Sharon region of the Central District of Israel.

History

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 dunams and a population of 13,600. It borders Hefer Valley Regional Council and Pardesiya to the north, Qalansawe, Tira and the West Bank to the east, Drom HaSharon Regional Council to the south and Even Yehuda and Netanya to the west. Until 1997 it also covered Tzoran, now part of Kadima-Zoran.

List of communities

• Moshavim
  • Azri'el · Bnei Dror · Ein Sarid · Ein Vered · Geulim · Herut · Kfar Hess · Kfar Yabetz · Mishmeret · Nitzanei Oz · Nordia · Porat · Sha'ar Efraim · Tnuvot · Tzur Moshe · Yanuv
• Community settlements
  • Ganot Hadar · Ye'af
• Other villages
  • Kfar Avoda

Voting Patterns

In the 2022 election, 64 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 36 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 0.3 percent voted for the Arab parties.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel

Twin towns — Sister cities

Lev HaSharon region is twinned with:

• Tczew (since 1997)
• Witten (since 1979)

External links

• Official website (in Hebrew)