Nordia

For the company, see Nordia Inc.
Nordia
נוֹרְדִיָּה‎
Nordia is located in Central Israel
Nordia
Nordia
Coordinates: 32°18′52″N 34°53′45″E / 32.31444°N 34.89583°E / 32.31444; 34.89583
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilLev HaSharon
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1948
Founded byDemobilised soldiers
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,991
Websitewww.nordiya.org

Nordia (Hebrew: נוֹרְדִיָּה) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya[2] and the HaSharon Junction, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,991.[1]

History

Entrance to Nordia

Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon and was part of the lands of the village of Khirbat Bayt Lid. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak, which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation.[3]

In 1926 the American Zion Commonwealth announced plans to establish a new agricultural settlement to be named "Nordia" in memory of the Zionist leader Max Nordau. Land was sold in the United States for this purpose, but the plan did not come to fruition.[4]

Nordia was founded on 2 November 1948 by demobilised Irgun and Betar soldiers, members of the Herut movement,[5] on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat Bayt Lid,[6][7] The founders came from two units – Margolim based in Kfar Yona and Wedgwood (named after Josiah Wedgwood) based in Mishmar HaYarden.

In 1994 a new neighborhood, Neot Nordia, was established.[citation needed]

  • Nordia first attempt to establish settlement 1924
    Nordia first attempt to establish settlement 1924
  • Nordia 1924
    Nordia 1924
  • Nordia 1924
    Nordia 1924
  • Nordia 2022
    Nordia 2022
  • Nordia Assisted Living 2022
    Nordia Assisted Living 2022

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Saposhnik, Tamar Lubin (2014). From Chaos to Order. New York City: Page Publishing. ISBN 9781628386936.
  3. ^ Marom, Roy (2022-12-01). "The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies". Muse. 5: 90–107.
  4. ^ Glass, Joseph B. (2018). From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917–1939. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814344224.
  5. ^ Israel: A History, Martin Gilbert
  6. ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  7. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 550, ISBN 0-88728-224-5