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Savyon
Sign in to saveSavyon () is an affluent town in the Central District of Israel, bordering the cities of Kiryat Ono and Yehud. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel. In it had a population of .
Key facts
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- Savyon
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- Local council
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- Hebrew
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- ISO 259
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- Sabyon
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- Also spelled
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- Savion (unofficial)
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- Israel center ta#Israel
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Central
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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- 1951
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Motti Landau
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- dunam
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Savyon () is an affluent town in the Central District of Israel, bordering the cities of Kiryat Ono and Yehud. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel. In it had a population of .
==History== During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area of Savyon belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.