Asnoun

Asnoun اصنون
Village
Asnoun's olive trees. Asnoun's olive trees.
Asnoun Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	North Governorate
District	Zgharta District
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961
Website	http://asnounvillage.com/

Asnoun (Arabic: اصنون‎‎) is a small village in the Zgharta District, in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 2km south of the town of Zgharta.

The inhabitants of Asnoun are Lebanese and are followers of the Maronite Catholic Church. Its parish church and patron saint is Mar Yacoub (St. Jacob, also known as James, son of Zebedee, an apostle of Jesus), and his feast day is celebrated on 25 July each year. A second feast day is celebrated on 27 November each year to honour St. James Intercisus (also referred to as Mar Yacoub). An older church named after St. George can also be found amongst the olive trees in the village.

Agriculture

Asnoun is full of olive trees and is a main producer of olives and olive oil. Grape vines can also be found in front of most houses.

Education

Asnoun has one public elementary school.

Families

Families of Asnoun include Kahwaji, Melki, Fares, Khawaja, Aam, Yaghmour, Loubnan, Gobran, Chab, among others.

Photo gallery

• AsnounOlives.JPG

  Asnoun's olive trees.

• AsnounSchool.JPG

  Asnoun's elementary school.

• ChabHouse.JPG

  An old house in Asnoun belonging to the Chab family.

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  Saint James the Moor-slayer.