Savyon

Savyon סַבְיוֹן‎‎ سفيون‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Sabyon
• Also spelled	Savion (unofficial)
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Savyon
Coordinates: 32°2′50.14″N 34°52′32.56″E / 32.0472611°N 34.8757111°ECoordinates: 32°2′50.14″N 34°52′32.56″E / 32.0472611°N 34.8757111°E
District	Central
Founded	1951
Government
• Type	Local council
• Head of Municipality	Moshe Liftz
Area
• Total	3,746 dunams (3.746 km^2 or 1.446 sq mi)
Population (2015)[1]
• Total	3,705
Name meaning	Common groundsel

Savyon (Hebrew: סַבְיוֹן‎, Arabic: سفيون‎‎) is a local council in the Central District of Israel, bordering the cities of Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, and Yehud. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel, being both famous and infamous for it. In 2015 it had a population of 3,705.

History

Savyon was founded in 1955 by Africa Israel Investments for senior South African Jewish immigrants. It took the name of a common wildflower, although the first part of its name (sav) means "grandfather", which was appropriate for the residents of the time.^[2] Today, Savyon has a young population.

In 2004, the moshav Ganei Yehuda (Hebrew: גַּנֵּי יְהוּדָה‎) was merged into Savyon.

Notable residents

• Mikhail Chernoy—entrepreneur
• Gilad Erdan—current Israeli Minister of Communications.
• Dan Margalit
• Arye Carmon
• Dan Goldstein
• Moshe Arens
• David Mor
• Dan Naveh
• Mody Kidon
• Gideon Patt
• Yair Shamir
• David D'Or
• Maya Dunietz
• Aviv Bushinsky
• Al Schwimmer
• Yaakov Nimrodi
• Ofer Nimrodi
• Yair Nitzani
• Shmuel Flatto-Sharon

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
2. Vilnai, Ze'ev (1978). "Savyon". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Volume 5. Israel: Am Oved. pp. 5298–99.