Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 10, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) West of Safad
Elevation from the sea	750 (meters)
Map location	See location number #60 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' and Cammeli Brigades
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mirun has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few rooms and rubble of destroyed houses.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The village was ethnically cleansed in two waves: the 1st was shortly after the capture of Safad by the Haganah on 10 May 1948, and the 2nd wave was by the end of October 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,765 Jewish 5,839 Public 1510 Total 14,114
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ olives 200 0 Planted W/ Cereal 6,734 5,829 Built up 31 10 Cultivable 6,734 5,829 Non-Cultivable 1,510 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 715 19th century 50 1922 154 1931 189 1945 290 1948 336 Est. Refugees 1998 2,066
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 47 1948 83
Schools	Mirun had an elementary school for boys.
Shrines/maqams	A tomb/shrine for Palestinian Jew known by Rabbi Shim'on Bar Yochai
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated just north of Wadi Mirun
Archeological sites	The village contained the remains of a synagogue which was constructed in the 1st century B.C.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Meron
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
While the Arab section of the village was demolished, several rooms and stone walls still stand. One of the walls has a rectangular door like opening and another has an arched entrance