Meron
Meron or Meiron is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 985 residents
- Description: town in Israel
- Also known as: “Mayrun”, “Meiron”, “Meirūn”, “Merion”, and “Meron, Israel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Meron Synagogue and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay tomb.
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay tomb
Synagogue
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The tomb of Shimon bar Yochai, or Kever Rashbi, on Mount Meron is the traditional burial place of the 2nd-century Mishnaic rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. A place of pilgrimage since the late 15th century, it is today the second-most-visited Jewish site in the world after the Western Wall with as many as two million annual visitors.
Khirbet Shema
Archaeological site
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an ancient synagogue and a mausoleum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bar Yohai and Or HaGanuz.
Bar Yohai
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar Yohai is a religious Jewish community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Mount Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. as of 2023 its population was 1,161.
Or HaGanuz
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Kfar Hoshen
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around four kilometres north of Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 917. Kfar Hoshen is situated 2½ km north of Meron.
Meron
- Categories: moshav, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.98747° or 32° 59′ 15″ northLongitude
35.4391° or 35° 26′ 21″ eastPopulation
985Elevation
679 metres (2,228 feet)Open location code
8G4QXCPQ+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 938784093OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yiddish—“Meron” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Merom”
- Catalan: “Meron”
- Chinese: “莫蘭”
- Czech: “Meron”
- Dutch: “Meron, Israel”
- Dutch: “Meron”
- French: “Meron”
- German: “Meron”
- Hebrew: “מירון”
- Japanese: “メロン”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Meron i Israel”
- Persian: “مرون (اسرائیل)”
- Persian: “مرون”
- Polish: “Meron”
- Slovenian: “Meron”
- Spanish: “Meron”
- Spanish: “Merón”
- Turkish: “Meron”
- Yiddish: “מירון”
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