French Hill

E115704

French Hill is a residential neighborhood in northern Jerusalem known for its mixed population, proximity to major universities, and strategic location overlooking key routes into the city.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
French Hill canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf neighborhood
residential area
borderedBy Highway 60
surface form: Road 60

Highway 1 (Tel Aviv–Jerusalem) corridor
surface form: Route 1 (Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway)
builtOn land captured by Israel in 1967
consideredBy international community
consideredBy_international community Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem
country Israel
developedAfter 1967 Six-Day War
elevation hilltop neighborhood
hasCharacteristic includes Palestinian residents
includes students and academics
mixed population
predominantly Jewish population
hasFeature local commercial centers
major traffic junction at entrance to northern Jerusalem
parks
residential apartment blocks
schools
synagogues
hasPublicTransport Jerusalem city bus lines
nearby Jerusalem Light Rail stations
languageUsed Arabic
English
Hebrew
locatedIn Jerusalem
Northern Jerusalem
locatedOn northern edge of Jerusalem
municipalStatus within Jerusalem municipal boundaries as defined by Israel
namedAfter French government support for early development in the area (disputed etymology)
near Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mount Scopus campus
Jerusalem Light Rail
surface form: Jerusalem Light Rail line

Mount Scopus
overlooks key routes into Jerusalem
partOf Jerusalem Municipality
surface form: Jerusalem municipality
populationType families
professionals
students
postalCodeArea Jerusalem postal code range 97xxx
securityRole hosts security and military observation points due to strategic location
strategicImportance overlooks approaches to Jerusalem from the north and east
timeZone Israel Standard Time
urbanPlanning planned neighborhood with modern road network
utcOffset +02:00
utcOffsetDST +03:00

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hills of Jerusalem hasPart French Hill
Sheikh Jarrah borderedBy French Hill
Jerusalem Light Rail connectsArea French Hill