These are the 100 towns with the earliest founding year in the Bureau's file.
Each value is the founding year that the Bureau's file gives for the town, and a bar is as long as the years since.
This page shows the first 100 of the 1,088 places that qualify.
- 1Mikveh Israel1870
- 2Petah Tikva1878
- 3Rishon LeZion1882
- 3Zichron Yaakov1882
- 3Rosh Pinna1882
- 6Ness Ziona1883
- 6Mazkeret Batya1883
- 6Yesud HaMa'ala1883
- 9Gedera1884
- 10Bat Shlomo1889
- 11Rehovot1890
- 11Hadera1890
- 13Metula1896
- 14Yavne'el1901
- 14Kfar Tavor1901
- 16Menahemia1902
- 16Ilaniya1902
- 18Kfar Saba1903
- 18Binyamina-Giv'at Ada1903
- 20Atlit1904
- 21Be'er Ya'akov1907
- 22Kvutzat Kinneret1908
- 22Mitzpa1908
- 24Tel Aviv1909
- 24Kinneret1909
- 24Degania Alef1909
- 27Migdal1910
- 28Merhavia1911
- 29Pardes Hanna-Karkur1913
- 29Gan Samuel1913
- 31Kfar Giladi1916
- 32Ayelet HaShahar1918
- 33Degania Bet1920
- 33Kiryat Anavim1920
- 35Ramat Gan1921
- 35Ra'anana1921
- 35Nahalal1921
- 35Kfar Yehezkel1921
- 35Ein Harod Meuhad1921
- 35Geva1921
- 35Ein Harod Ihud1921
- 35Tel Yosef1921
- 35Ben Shemen Youth Village1921
- 44Givatayim1922
- 44Yagur1922
- 44Beit Alfa1922
- 44Heftziba1922
- 44Ginegar1922
- 44Merhavia1922
- 44Balfouria1922
- 44Kfar Malal1922
- 52Ramat HaSharon1923
- 52Tel Adashim1923
- 52Mizra1923
- 52Kfar Gidon1923
- 52Meir Shfeya1923
- 57Bnei Brak1924
- 57Herzliya1924
- 57Hod HaSharon1924
- 57Kfar Hasidim1924
- 61Afula1925
- 61Kiryat Ata1925
- 61Nesher1925
- 61Ramat Yishai1925
- 61Einat1925
- 61Givat HaShlosha1925
- 67Bat Yam1926
- 67Yifat1926
- 67Mishmar HaEmek1926
- 67Gvat1926
- 67Sarid1926
- 67Beit Zera1926
- 67Kfar Baruch1926
- 67Ramat David1926
- 67Ramat Rachel1926
- 67Gat Rimon1926
- 77Kfar Yehoshua1927
- 77Sde Ya'akov1927
- 77Ein Shemer1927
- 77Gan Shlomo1927
- 81Givat Brenner1928
- 82Netanya1929
- 82Tel Mond1929
- 84Na'an1930
- 84Ein Vered1930
- 84Be'er Tuvia1930
- 84Herut1930
- 84Hulda1930
- 84Beit Hanan1930
- 84Ayanot1930
- 91Gan-Yavne1931
- 91Ein HaHoresh1931
- 91Kadoorie1931
- 94Kfar Yona1932
- 94Even Yehuda1932
- 94Givat Haim (Ihud)1932
- 94Avihayil1932
- 94Givat Haim Meuhad1932
- 94Ramat HaKovesh1932
- 94Kfar Bilu1932
Source: the Central Bureau of Statistics' file of localities for 2024, read on 5 November 2026.
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