Cornet Chahwan (, also spelled Kornet Chehwan) is a sizable town in the

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area of Lebanon's

Metn District Matn (, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district (''qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is Jdeideh (followed to Jdeideh, ...

. Cornet Chahwan houses the headquarters for the chab (www.chab.gov.lb) municipalities of 4 villages (including Cornet Chahwan) namely Ain Aar, Beit El Kikko, Hbous and Rabweh. The total area governed by chab municipalities is around 8 million square meters of land, out of which over 30% is covered by green spaces. The town remains one of the best residential areas in Lebanon. The President of Chab municipalities is Jean Pierre Gebara (architect). Gebara owns his architectural firm and is a university professor, he has been president of this municipality since 2010.

Demography

There are over 6,000 households and 30,000 inhabitants in the chab Municipalities that are Lebanese and most are followers of the Catholic Church. The town is the seat of the

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. The town has numerous churches, including the historic

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Church.

Education

Cornet Chahwan is home to numerous private educational institutes, including three of Lebanon's most prestigious and highly ranked private schools,

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school, a trilingual institute founded in 1884, Jesus & Mary school founded in 1963, and

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(Ain Aar campus). Saint Coeur is a semi private school also located in Kornet Chahwan.

Culture

The town is home to the Pharès Zoghbi Cultural Foundation, which is a library of 65,000 books in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic. The town is also home to a state of the art theater called SJS theater at Saint Joseph School in addition to a city hall brand new facility next to St Peter & Paul's church.

Humanitarian Institutions

St Vincent de Paul, a charitable institution, is located in Cornet Chahwan. The Lebanese

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also has a first-aid center in the town. In addition to a fire department covering a vast areas of the El Metn district.

References

External links

Qornet Chahouane - Ain Aar - Beit El Kekko - Hbous
Localiban * * {{Matn District Qornet Shehwan Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon