Kfar Vradim () is a town (local council) in northern Israel, with a population of in . It is situated south of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and about south of the border with Lebanon. Kfar Vradim is close to Ma'alot-Tarshiha (2 kilometers), Karmiel (16 kilometers) and Nahariya (20 kilometers). In 2018 it had a population of 5800.

History

As of 2018, there were contentious plans to build 2,200 new housing units, more than doubling the number of households in the town.

Demographics

In 2022, 90.6% of the population was Jewish, 2.2% was Christian, 1% was Druze, 0.8% was Muslim and 5.4% was counted as other.

Voting Patterns

In the 2022 election, 76 percent of voters in Kfar Vradim voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 18 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 3 percent voted for the Arab parties.

Notable residents

• Shani Boianjiu, novelist.

• Matti Caspi, musician.

• Romi Gonen, kidnapped to Gaza during the October 7 attacks

Twin towns

Kfar Vradim is twinned with:

• Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain

References

External links

• Kfar Vradim website