Avtalion

Avtalion
אַבְטַלְיוֹן
Hebrew transcription(s)
  official Avtalyon
Avtalion
Coordinates: 32°50′13.02″N 35°20′49.58″E / 32.8369500°N 35.3471056°ECoordinates: 32°50′13.02″N 35°20′49.58″E / 32.8369500°N 35.3471056°E
Council Misgav
Region Galilee
Affiliation Agricultural Union
Founded 1987
Population (2012) 320[1]

Avtalion (Hebrew: אַבְטַלְיוֹן) is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee to the south of Arraba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2012 it had a population of 320.[1]

The village was established in 1987 as a moshav shitufi, and was named after Abtalion, a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era. It was later converted to a communal settlement

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.