Evron, Israel

Evron (Hebrew: עֶבְרוֹן) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Situated in the western Galilee adjacent to Nahariya on the city's southeast border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 863.[1]

Evron
Evron is located in Northwest Israel
Evron
Evron
Coordinates: 32°59′29″N 35°6′1″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMateh Asher
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded1945
Founded byPolish, German and Hungarian Jews
Population
 (2021)[1]
863

History

Flint tools and animal bones were found at a nearby quarry dating to a million years ago. A 2022 report concluded that they show that the hominins at the site used fire.[2][3]

Evron was established in 1945 and was named after the biblical Evron (עברון Joshua 19:28), which in some manuscripts appears as Avdon (עבדון), a village nearby in Asher tribe (Joshua 19:28) [4] The founders were immigrants from Germany, Poland and Transylvania who had formed the kibbutz in 1937. In the 1940s it served as a Palmach base and a hiding place for illegal immigrants of Aliyah Bet. The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Bulgaria.[5] Remnants of a church from the 5th century were discovered on the kibbutz land, and it has an archaeological collection with findings from the area. In the eastern part of the kibbutz is a part of an aqueduct which conducted water from the Cabri springs to Acre.[4]

Evron 1943

Economy

Evron owns 75% of Bermad, a world leader in designing & manufacturing of hydraulic control valves for irrigation, construction, water management and firefighting.[5]

Notable people

References
  1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. Zane Stepka; et al. (Jun 13, 2022). "Hidden signatures of early fire at Evron Quarry (1.0 to 0.8 Mya)". PNAS. 119 (25): e2123439119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2123439119. PMC 9231470. PMID 35696581.
  3. Colin Barras (Jun 18, 2022). "AI finds hidden evidence of ancient human fires 1 million years ago". New Scientist.
  4. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 399. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) and Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem: Carta, p.156, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
  5. "Evron". romgalil.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-11-07.
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