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Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Originally an outpost of the Crusaders
Crusaders

The Crusaders are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Christchurch that compete in the Super 14 . They are the most successful team in Super Rugby history....
, it fell in 1291. The modern village was founded in 1903 under the auspices of Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild

Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a France member of the Rothschild family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his genorous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years which helped lead to the establishment of the Israel....
. The population today is 4,500.

t shows evidence of human habitation since the early Bronze Age
Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
. The Crusaders
Crusaders

The Crusaders are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Christchurch that compete in the Super 14 . They are the most successful team in Super Rugby history....
 built Chateau Pelerin
Chateau Pelerin

Ch?teau P?lerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim, is located on the northern coast of Israel about 13 km south of Haifa ....
, one of the largest citadels in the Holy Land, and the last remaining Crusader outpost to withstand the assaults of Baibars.






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Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Originally an outpost of the Crusaders
Crusaders

The Crusaders are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Christchurch that compete in the Super 14 . They are the most successful team in Super Rugby history....
, it fell in 1291. The modern village was founded in 1903 under the auspices of Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild

Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a France member of the Rothschild family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his genorous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years which helped lead to the establishment of the Israel....
. The population today is 4,500.

History

Atlit shows evidence of human habitation since the early Bronze Age
Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
. The Crusaders
Crusaders

The Crusaders are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Christchurch that compete in the Super 14 . They are the most successful team in Super Rugby history....
 built Chateau Pelerin
Chateau Pelerin

Ch?teau P?lerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim, is located on the northern coast of Israel about 13 km south of Haifa ....
, one of the largest citadels in the Holy Land, and the last remaining Crusader outpost to withstand the assaults of Baibars. Its ruins are still visible. Atlit remained in Crusader hands until 1291.

In 1880, the Survey of Western Palestine notes the existence of a small Arab village of mud huts with a population of 200. In 1903, Jewish settlers build a nearby village which they also called Atlit. During the British Mandate of Palestine, the Arab and Jewish villages were treated statistically as part of the same community. In 1938 there were 508 Arabs and 224 Jews. The Arab presence underwent a sharp decline in the 1940s due to land sales, so that by 1944/5 there were only 150 Arabs still living there (90 Muslims and 60 Christians) alongside about 2,000 Jews. The circumstances under which the remaining Arabs left in 1948 are unknown.

Atlit was declared a local council
Local council (Israel)

Local councils are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Regional council ....
 in 1950, but in 2004 was incorporated in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

Hof Hacarmel Regional Council is a Regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, from Tirat Carmel in the north to Caesarea in the south....
 as one of a handful of Regional Committee
Regional Committee (Israel)

A Regional Committee is a form of local government in Israel. The only such form of government is The Committee of The Jewish Community of Hebron....
s.

Atlit detainee camp
Atlit detainee camp

The Atlit detainee camp was a detention center for Aliyah Bet seeking refuge in Palestine during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine....
 was used by the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 authorities to detain Jewish immigrants to Palestine. It is now a museum of the Ha'apala
Ha'apala

Aliyah Bet , meaning "Aliyah 'B'" was the code name given to illegal immigration by Jews to the Palestine in violation of United Kingdom restrictions against such immigration....
. A base of Israel's naval commando
Shayetet 13

Shayetet 13 is the Israel Defense Forces naval Special forces unit. The unit is considered one of the top-three SF units in Israel . S'13 is the unit that specializes in maritime hostage rescue and counter-terrorist missions....
 is located nearby.

Former Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 member Pesah Grupper
Pesah Grupper

Pesah Grupper is a former Israeli politician who served as Agriculture Minister of Israel between October 1983 and September 1984....
 lives in Atlit, and was head of its local council in 1959-1962, and 1969-1971.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods in Atlit are Neve Moshe, Yamit, Giv'at HaPrahim, Giv'at HaBrekhot, Giv'at Sharon, Shoshanat HaYam, HaGoren, Yafe Nof, Argaman, Hofit, Savyonei Atlit and Allon. Atlit is in immediate vicinity of the villages Neve Yam
Neve Yam

Neve Yam is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located around 20 kilometres south of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council....
 and Ein Carmel
Ein Carmel

Ein Carmel is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 417....
.