FrounFroun is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.EtymologyAccording to E. H. Palmer, the name Furûn comes from "the ovens" or "reservoirs".HistoryIn 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."DemographicsIn 2014 Muslims made up 99.89% of registered voters in Froun. 98.32% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.