List of Israeli twin towns and sister cities

Jerusalem

Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Haifa

Rishon LeZion

Ashdod

Beersheba

Petah Tikva

Netanya

Holon

Bnei Brak

Bat Yam

Ramat Gan

Ashkelon

Rehovot

This is a list of Israeli localities, additionally the Israeli owned West Bank and Gaza, having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Signpost of twin towns in Ramat Gan.

Contents 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

Acre (עַכּוֹ)

Bregenz, Austria Manchester, England La Rochelle, France (since 1972)[1] Recklinghausen, Germany

Pisa, Italy (since 1998) [2] Bielsko-Biała, Poland [3]

Canton, Ohio, United States Deerfield Beach, United States

Afula-Gilboa (עֲפוּלָה)

Santa Fe, Argentina New Haven, United States

Stamford, United States

West Hartford, United States

Worcester, Massachusetts. Springfield, Massachusetts. New Bedford, Massachusetts Westport, Wilton and Norwalk, Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut

Arad (עֲרָד)

Dinslaken, Germany

Burlington, United States

Wilmington, United States

Ariel (אֲרִיאֵל)

Heredia, Costa Rica

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד)

Bahía Blanca, Argentina[4] Bordeaux, France[5]

Spandau, Germany[6]

Tampa, United States[7]

Ashkelon (אַשְׁקְלוֹן)

Entebbe, Uganda Sacramento, United States

Baltimore, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States (since 1987)

B

Bat Yam (בַּת יָם)

Kragujevac, Serbia Livorno, Italy Antalya, Turkey

Kutno, Poland Villeurbanne, France Valparaíso, Chile

Aurich, Germany Neukölln, Berlin, Germany Salinas, Ecudaor

Beersheba (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע)

Oni, Georgia Cebu City, Philippines Parramatta, Australia Montreal, Canada Winnipeg, Canada

Seattle, United States[8] Lyon, France Rosenheim, Germany Wuppertal, Germany Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Adana, Turkey La Plata, Argentina Niš, Serbia Bouaké, Ivory Coast[9]

Beit Shemesh (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ)

Beit Shemesh has 5 sister cities and has a partnership with Washington, D.C., United States and South Africa.

Cocoa, United States Lancaster, United States

Ramapo, United States Nordhausen, Germany

Lhasa, Tibet, China

Binyamina (בִּנְיָמִינָה)

• Tokaj, Hungary

Bnei Brak (בְּנֵי בְרַק)

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Lakewood Township, New Jersey, United States

D

Dimona (דִּימוֹנָה)

• Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Drom HaSharon Regional Council (מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית דְּרוֹם הַשָׁרוֹן)

Neuwied, Germany

Emmendingen, Germany

E

Eilat (אֵילַת)

Ushuaia, Argentina Smolyan, Bulgaria Toronto, Canada Antibes, France Juan-les-Pins, France

Kamen, Germany Serres, Greece Sopron, Hungary Kampen, Netherlands Yalta, Ukraine

Piešťany, Slovakia Durban, South Africa Benidorm, Spain Los Angeles, United States Yinchuan, China

G

Giv'atayim (גִּבְעָתַיִם)

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States Harbin, China

Oradea, Romania Arad, Romania

Vác, Hungary Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

Giv'at Shmuel (גִּבְעַת שְׁמוּאֵל)

Gołdap, Poland

Dubna, Russia

Stade, Germany

H

Haifa (חֵיפָה)

Rosario, Argentina Antwerp, Belgium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Shanghai, China Limassol, Cyprus (Since 2010) Aalborg, Denmark (since 1972) Marseille, France Bremen, Germany

Düsseldorf, Germany Erfurt, Germany Mainz, Germany Manila, Philippines Saint Petersburg, Russia Cape Town, South Africa Odessa, Ukraine

Hackney, United Kingdom Newcastle, United Kingdom Portsmouth, United Kingdom Boston, United States Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Palm Desert, California, United States San Francisco, United States

Herzliya (הֶרְצֵלִיָּה)

San Isidro, Argentina Funchal, Portugal Columbus, United States

Leipzig, Germany Marl, Germany Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

Hollywood, United States Bursa, Turkey Yangzhou, China

Hod HaSharon (הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן)

Dorsten, Germany

Sinaia, Romania

İzmir, Turkey

Holon (חוֹלוֹן)

Anshan, China Andong, South Korea

Berlin-Mitte, Germany Hann-Munden, Germany

Suresnes, France Dayton, Ohio, United States

J

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם)

Prague, Czech Republic [10]

New York City, United States (since 1993)[11][12]

Ayabe, Japan [13]

K

Karmiel (כַּרְמִיאֵל)

Metz, France[14] Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany

Kisvárda, Hungary[15] Hamar, Norway[16]

Denver, Colorado, United States[17] Pittsburgh, United States (since 2006)[18]

Kefar Chabad (כְּפַר חַבָּ"ד)

• Crown Heights, United States

Kfar Saba (כְּפַר סָבָא)

San José, Costa Rica Mülheim, Germany Wiesbaden, Germany

Guatemala City, Guatemala Beit Jann, Israel

Delft, Netherlands (since 1971)[19] Columbus, Ohio, United States

Kiryat Ata (קִרְיַת אָתָא)

• Reinickendorf, Germany

Kiryat Gat (קִרְיַת גַּת)

• Buffalo, United States
• Northbrook, United States

Kiryat Motzkin (קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין)

Tacoma, USA, since 1979[20] Orlando, USA, since 2006

Kaifeng, China Bad Segeberg, Germany

Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Kiryat Yam (קִרְיַת יָם)

Créteil, France Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Makó, Hungary

Kislovodsk, Russia

L

Lev HaSharon Regional Council (מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית לֵב הַשָׁרוֹן)

Tczew, Poland (since 1997)

Witten, Germany (since 1979)

Lod (לוֹד)

Samtredia, Georgia

Piatra Neamţ, Romania

Kraljevo, Serbia

M

Ma'ale Adumim (מַעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים)

• Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States

Ma'alot-Tarshiha (מַעֲלוֹת-תַּרְשִׁיחָא)

Allentown, United States

Harrisburg, United States

Mateh Yehuda Regional Council (מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית מַטֶּה יְהוּדָה)

Würzburg district, Bavaria, Germany Nümbrecht, Northrine Westfalia, Germany

Vantaa, Finland

Dorohoi, Romania

Mevaseret Zion (מְבַשֶּׂרֶת צִיּוֹן)

White Plains, New York, United States

Sankt Augustin, Germany

Misgav Regional Council (מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית מִשְׂגָּב)

• Pittsburgh, United States (2006)

N

Nazareth (נָצְרַת)

Saint-Denis, France Kandangan, Indonesia Florence, Italy

Loreto, Italy The Hague, Netherlands

Nablus, Palestinian Authority Częstochowa, Poland

Nazareth Illit (נָצְרַת עִלִּית)

San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina Leverkusen, Germany Klagenfurt, Austria

Győr, Hungary Detroit, United States Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Saint-Étienne, France Alba Iulia, Romania Kikinda, Serbia

Nahariya (נַהֲרִיָּה)

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Miami Beach, USA Delray Beach, USA Kecskemét, Hungary

Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany Darmstadt, Germany Paderborn, Germany Bielefeld, Germany

Offenbach, Germany Alzey, Germany

Netanya (נְתַנְיָה)

Gold Coast, Australia Nice, France Sarcelles, France Como, Italy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Giessen, Germany Dortmund, Germany Siófok, Hungary Stavanger, Norway

Iași, Romania Bournemouth, United Kingdom Cincinnati, United States Sunny Isles Beach, United States

O

Or Akiva (אוֹר עֲקִיבָא)

Miami, United States

Hincesti, Moldova

Or Yehuda (אוֹר יְהוּדָה)

• Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany

P

Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה)

Chicago, United States Laval, Quebec, Canada Las Condes, Chile Koblenz, Germany

Trondheim, Norway Norrköping, Sweden Odense, Denmark

Bacău, Romania Kadıköy, Turkey Yiyang, China

R

Ra'anana (רַעֲנָנָה)

Boulogne-Billancourt, France (since 1994)[21] Bramsche, Germany (since 1978)[21] Goslar, Germany (since 2006)[21]

Verona, Italy (since 1998)[21] Opsterland, Netherlands (since 1963)[21][22]

Tainan, Taiwan (since 1999)[21] Atlanta, United States (since 2001)[21]

Ramat Gan (רָמַת גַּן)

Phoenix, United States Strasbourg, France Penza, Russia Barnet, United Kingdom

Kassel, Germany Main Kinzig District, Germany Weinheim, Germany Szombathely, Hungary

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (since 2010) [23][24] Qingdao, China Shenyang, China Wrocław, Poland (since 1997)

Ramat HaSharon (רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן)

Dunkirk, France Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France

Georgsmarienhütte, Germany

Tallahassee, United States

Ramla (רַמְלָה)

Vaughan, Canada Mek'ele, Ethiopia Feodosiya, Ukraine

Vyborg, Russia Daugavpils, Latvia Kielce, Poland

Kansas City, United States Moers, Germany

Rehovot (רְחוֹבוֹת)

Paraná, Argentina Grenoble, France (since 1984)

Heidelberg, Germany (since 1983) Manchester, United Kingdom

Albuquerque, United States (since 2007) Rochester, United States (since 1972)

Rishon LeZion (רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן)

Braşov, Romania Debrecen, Hungary Prešov, Slovakia Gondar, Ethiopia Kharkiv, Ukraine Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kiryat Shmona, Israel Heerenveen, Netherlands Lublin, Poland Lviv, Ukraine Tianjin, China

Essex County, United States Münster, Germany Nîmes, France Prince George's County, United States Teramo, Italy

Rosh HaAyin (רֹאשׁ הָעָיִן)

New Orleans, USA Birmingham, USA Prague, Czech Republic

Odessa, Ukraine Dachau, Germany Vanves, France

Cixi, China Kiryat Bialik, Israel Hurfeish, Israel

S

Safed (צְפַת)

Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain Lille, France

Nikopol, Bulgaria Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Erzsébetváros, Budapest, Hungary

Sderot (שְׂדֵרוֹת)

Antony, France

Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany

Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council (מועצה אזורית שער הנגב)

San Diego, California, United States [25] T Tel Aviv (תֵּל אָבִיב) Tel Aviv has 26 sister cities and has a partnership with Los Angeles, United States:[26] Buenos Aires, Argentina (since 1988) Vienna, Austria (since 2005) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (since 2006)[27] São Paulo, Brazil (since 2004)[28] Sofia, Bulgaria (since 1992) Beijing, China (since 1995) New York City, United States (since 1996) Ottawa, Canada (since 2010) Limassol, Cyprus (since 2000) Cannes, France (since 1993) Toulouse, France (since 1962) Bonn, Germany (since 1983) Cologne, Germany (since 1979) Essen, Germany (since 1992)[29] Frankfurt, Germany (since 1980)[30] Thessaloniki, Greece (since 1994)[31] Budapest, Hungary (since 1989)[32] Milan, Italy (since 1994)[33] Almaty, Kazakhstan (since 1999) Chişinău, Moldova (since 2000) Łódź, Poland (since 1994)[34] Warsaw, Poland (since 1992)[35] Moscow, Russia (since 2000) Belgrade, Serbia (since 1990) Incheon, South Korea (since 2000) Barcelona, Spain (since 1998)[36] İzmir, Turkey (since 1998) Kiryas Joel, United States (since 2013) Philadelphia, United States (since 1967) Tel Mond (תֵּל מוֹנְד) Sarasota, United States (since 1994)[37] Tiberias (טְבֶרְיָה) Córdoba, Argentina Great Neck Plaza, United States Montpellier, France Tulsa, United States Tirat Carmel (טִירַת כַּרְמֶל) Maurepas, France Monheim am Rhein, Germany Veszprém, Hungary Tzahar (צח"ר) West Palm Beach, United States Y Yavne (יַבְנֶה) Le Raincy, France Speyer, Germany Yokneam-Megiddo (יָקְנְעָם) Shenyang, China Main-Kinzig district, Germany San Borja, Peru Barnet, United Kingdom Atlanta, United States St. Louis, United States References "La Rochelle: Twin towns". www.ville-larochelle.fr. 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