Lev HaSharon Regional Council

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.

Lev HaSharon לב השרון‎ ليف هشارون
Regional council (from 1984)
District	Central
Government
• Head of Regional Council	Eli Aton
Area
• Total	56,720 dunams (56.72 km2 or 21.90 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	22,700
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Website	Official website

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

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)^[1]