Froun


Froun is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Furûn comes from "the ovens" or "reservoirs".

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it: "A village, built of stone, containing 100 Metawileh, situated on a hill and surrounded by small gardens and arable land. The water is supplied from rock-cut cisterns."