Hasroun

{{Short description|City in North Governorate of Lebanon}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Hasroun | native_name = حصرون | native_name_lang = ara<!-- ISO 639-2 code: "fr" for French, "ara" for Arabic --> | settlement_type = City

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| coordinates = {{coord|34|14|31|N|35|58|46|E|region:LB_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = North Governorate | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Bsharri District

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| area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1600 | elevation_min_m = 1450 | elevation_max_m = 1600

| population_footnotes = | population_total = 12000 | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto

| population_note = | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = +961 | website = | footnotes = }} thumb thumb|Hasroun, center of the village '''Hasroun''' (also '''Hasrun''' or '''Hasroon''', Arabic: حصرون ) is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley. thumb|left|View of Hasroun It owes its nickname of the ''Rose of Mount Lebanon'' <ref>{{Cite web |last=karenkaram |date=2017-01-10 |title=The Rose of the Mountain |url=https://365daysoflebanon.com/2017/01/10/the-rose-of-the-mountain/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=365 Days of Lebanon |language=en}}</ref> to its predominantly red-tiled roof houses. The population is Maronite Catholic.

Hasroun gave the Maronite Church two Patriarchs, Patriarch Jacob Aouad (1705-1733) and Patriarch Simon Aouad (1743-1756). From Hasroun came also the noted family of orientalists, the Assemani, among them the famous Giuseppe Simone Assemani, author of ''Bibliotheca Orientalis'' and ''Ephraemi Syri opera omnia quae extant''.

==Demographics== In 2014 Christians made up 99.05% of registered voters in Hasroun. 93.89% of the voters were Maronite Catholics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة حصرون، قضاء بشري محافظة الشمال في لبنان |url=https://lub-anan.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84/%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A/%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=إعْرَفْ لبنان |language=en}}</ref>

==Twin Towns== *{{flagicon|Turkey}} Marmaris, Turkey

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.localiban.org/article712.html Hasroun]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Localiban * [http://www.hasroun.co Hasroun website ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917150326/http://www.hasroun.co/ |date=2011-09-17 }} * [http://www.7asroun.com Hasroun website ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324194021/http://www.7asroun.com/ |date=2011-03-24 }}

{{Bsharri District}}

Category:Populated places in Bsharri District Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon

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