Gan Yavne
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| Gan Yavne | |
| Hebrew | גן יבנה |
| Founded in | 1931 |
| Government | Local council |
| District | Center |
| Population | 14 200 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction | 10 600 dunams (10.6 km²) |
Gan Yavne (Hebrew: גן יבנה) (meaning Yavne Garden) is a town (local council) in the Center District of Israel, which is located near Ashdod. It was founded in 1931 and declared a local council in 1950.
Gan Yavne was established in 1931 by the “Achuza Aleph” Company founded by several Jewish families from Russia and Poland, who had settled temporarily in the United States.
The inspiration for its name “Gan Yavne”, comes from its proximity to the historical Yavne.
Since then and till this day, Gan Yavne has come a long way. In the 1950’s, Gan-Yavne absorbed Yemenite immigrants from the “Magic Carpet” operation, and in the 1960’s – immigrants from North Africa and Kurdistan. Over the years they were joined by thousands of residents from all over the country, among them new immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union.
Today, Gan Yavne is experiencing a building and development boom. Hundreds of housing units and pretty suburbs are being constructed. Alongside its rapid development, Gan Yavne preserves its unique village character. Today Gan-Yavne is the only township along Israel’s coastline, which is based on private houses. Gan-Yavne’s uniqueness, good location, municipal services to young and old alike, as well as making education, culture and environmental cultivation its top priority - are what make Gan-Yavne so attractive to hundreds of young families, choosing to build their homes here.
Location: Gan Yavne lies east of the Tel-Aviv-Ashkelon highway (Highway No. 4)
Boundries: To the west: Ashdod To the east: Bnei Ayish To the north: settlements of the Gedera/Yavne Regional Council To the south: moshavim of Beer-Tuvya Regional Council
Jurisdction Area: 10,580 dunams
Population: Approximately 15,200 inhabitants (Sept. 2006)
Education and Culture: 23 Kindergartens 3 State elementary schools – “Ben Gurion”, “Maccabim” and "Ilan Ramon" State religious elementary school – “Sinai” Junior high and high school - “Ort Itzhak Rabin” Technological Secondary Yeshiva – “Achuzat Yaakov” “Beit Apel” Children’s Village Community Culture Center and Library 3 Pais Community Center extensions Pais Community Center for the elderly "Beney Akiva" & "Ha'Noar Ha'Oved Ve Ha'Lomed" Youth movements
The Township’s Emblem: Torah and work, the tablets of the Ten Commandments enveloping an orange and a lemon, symbolizing Gan Yavne’s founders who were working people with a creative spirit, planters of vineyards and orchards, house builders, uplifted by the Zionist dream and love of Israel.
Since 1973 Gan Yavne is twinned with the town of Puteaux in France.
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