French Hill

French Hill, also Giv'at Shapira is an Israeli settlement in northern . It is located on territory that has been occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967 and later unilaterally annexed by Israel under the 1980 Jerusalem Law.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood and Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “at-Tel al-Faransiya”, “Givʿat Shapīrā”, “ha-Giv’a ha-Corfatit”, “ha-Giva ha-Carfatit”, “Ha-Givʿah ha-Zarfatit”, “הַגִּבְעָה הַצַּרְפָּתִית”, and “פראנצויזישער בארג”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mount Scopus and Jerusalem War Cemetery.

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Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel.

Cemetery
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The is a Commonwealth War…

Police station
The National Headquarters of the Israel Police is the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Givat HaMivtar and Shuafat.

Suburb
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is an Israeli settlement and…

Suburb
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, also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly…

Neighborhood
, named after former Israeli…

French Hill

Latitude
31.80402° or 31° 48′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.23828° or 35° 14′ 18″ east
Elevation
840 metres (2,756 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR63Q+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2081525607
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
12902537
Wiki­data ID
Q1455257
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“French Hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التلة الفرنسية”
  • Arabic: “تل الفرنسية”
  • Czech: “ha-Giv’a ha-Carfatit”
  • Czech: “Ha-Giv’a ha-Carfatit”
  • Dutch: “French Hill”
  • French: “Colline française”
  • French: “French Hill”
  • German: “Französischer Hügel”
  • German: “French Hill”
  • Hebrew: “הגבעה הצרפתית”
  • Indonesian: “Bukit Prancis”
  • Italian: “Collina francese”
  • Ladino: “French Hill”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “French Hill”
  • Norwegian: “French Hill”
  • Persian: “تپه فرانسوی”
  • Spanish: “Colina Francesa”
  • Yiddish: “פראנצויזישע בערגל”

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Places to explore: Zameret HaBira and Mount Scopus.

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