Jezreel Valley Regional Council

Jezreel Valley Regional Council
מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל
Regional council (from 1941)
The building of the regional council
Interactive map of Jezreel Valley Regional Council
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityShlomit Shihor Reichman
Area
 • Total
333,920 dunams (333.92 km2; 128.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2025)
 • Total
42,212
 • Density126.41/km2 (327.41/sq mi)
Websitewww.emekyizrael.org.il

Jezreel Valley Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל, Mo'atza Azorit Emek Yizra'el) is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, 15 moshavim, 6 community settlements and two Bedouin villages. Despite its name, some of these settlements are not located in the Jezreel Valley proper, but in the vicinity.

History

The Jezreel Valley Regional Council was established at the end of 1941. It was the second regional council to be established, with the first being the Hefer Valley Regional Council. At the time of its establishment, the council included Balfouria, Ginegar, Kfar Gideon, Mahane Israel, Merhavia (kibbutz), Merhavia (moshav), Mizra, Tel Adashim and the educational institution Kfar Lidam.[1]

Later, the council added the kibbutzim Gazit, Ein Dor, and Dovrat, which settled in the abandoned area of ​​"Cameron Israel", and moshav HaYogev, which were founded in 1947–1949. So during the 1950s and 1960s, the council included 11 settlements.[2]

The settlements of the western Jezreel Valley region were united with the settlements of the Megiddo region (then known as the Ephraim region) in the Gush Nahalal Committee, which at its peak included 22 settlements. With the organization of local councils, it was decided to establish three separate regional councils, partly because Nahalal and the settlements adjacent to it were in the Nazareth Subdistrict, while Beit She'arim and the settlements adjacent to it were in the Haifa Subdistrict. During the discussions regarding the municipal framework of the Gush Nahalal settlements, there was a proposal to establish three councils: the Megiddo Regional Council, the Kishon Regional Council, and the Nahalal Regional Council. The proposal was also made to attach the settlements of the Nahalal region to the Jezreel Regional Council.[3]

However, this plan did not realize, and there was increased cooperation between the Nahalal and Kishon Councils instead.[4] In 1957, the Nahalal and Kishon Soviets were united, and were called the Kishon Regional Council.[5]

In 1980, the Jezreel Regional Council and the Kishon Regional Council were merged, and created the Jezreel Valley Regional Council.[6][7]

List of communities

Kibbutzim

Moshavim

Community settlements

Arab villages

References

  1. ^ "מועצה מקומית אזור יזרעאל" [Jezreel area local council]. Davar. 14 November 1941 – via National Library of Israel.
  2. ^ "המבקר פירםם דוייח אוהד על המועצה האזורית יזרעאל" [The Comptroller issued a favorable report on the Jezreel Regional Council] (in Hebrew). Ma'ariv. 13 January 1964 – via National Library of Israel.
  3. ^ "המשאל בעניין המןעצות האזוריות בגוש !הלל" [The referendum on the regional councils in the Hillel bloc!] (in Hebrew). Al Hamishmar. 24 July 1944 – via National Library of Israel.
  4. ^ "המועצות האזוריות בגוש נהלל" [The regional councils in the Nahalal Bloc] (in Hebrew). Davar. 31 May 1945 – via National Library of Israel.
  5. ^ "אוחדו המועצות נהלל וקישון" [The Nahalal and Kishon Soviets were unified] (in Hebrew). Davar. 18 August 1957 – via National Library of Israel.
  6. ^ "הוקמה מועצת עמק יזרעאל" [The Jezreel Valley Council was established] (in Hebrew). Davar. 1 August 1980 – via National Library of Israel.
  7. ^ "מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל - רשות מוניציפלית חדשה" [Emek Jezreel Regional Council - New Municipal Authority] (in Hebrew). Davar. 22 May 1980 – via National Library of Israel.

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