- Beit Rimon
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Beit Rimon
foundation = 1977
founded_by =Nahal
region =Lower Galilee
council = Lower Galilee
industry =Agriculture
affiliation =Religious Kibbutz Movement
website = [http://www.beitrimon.com/ www.beitrimon.com]Beit Rimon ( _he. בֵּית רִמּוֹן or Hebrew|בית רימון, "lit." House of the Pomegranate) is a religious
kibbutz inIsrael . Located in theLower Galilee on a ridge of mountToraan at a height of 400 meters above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction ofLower Galilee Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 294.It was first settled in 1977 as a
Nahal settlement and later became a civilian-inhabited village in 1979. Nowadays there are more than 60 families whom live in the village. Part of them live in the kibbutz, part of them live in private houses in the communal neighborhood and part of them rents houses in the kibbutz.The main economic branches of the kibbutz (which is copartnered with kibbutz Gesher and kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov) include a
chicken coop , and a company which imports and markets work tools.The kibbutz also houses a pre-military school otherwise known as a
mechina .External links
* [http://www.beitrimon.com/ Kibbutz website]
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