Havatzelet HaSharon

Havatzelet HaSharon חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן‎
Havatzelet HaSharon
Coordinates: 32°21′36.53″N 34°51′42.48″E / 32.3601472°N 34.8618000°ECoordinates: 32°21′36.53″N 34°51′42.48″E / 32.3601472°N 34.8618000°E
District	Central
Council	Hefer Valley
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	1935
Founded by	Polish immigrants
Population (2015)[1]	553

Havatzelet HaSharon (Hebrew: חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן‎, lit. Lily of the Sharon) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 553.

History

The moshav was founded in 1935 by immigrants from Poland, and was named after Lily Freeman, the wife of Aharon Freeman (for whom Bitan Aharon is named), a leader of the World Zionist Organization in Canada and an advisor to Yehoshua Hankin.

Notable residents

• Amos Lapidot

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.