Artsvanik
Artsvanik (Armenian: Արծվանիկ) is a village in the Kapan Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.
Artsvanik
Արծվանիկ | |
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 6th-century monastery of Yeritsavank in Artsvanik | |
  Artsvanik  Artsvanik | |
| Coordinates: 39°15′42″N 46°28′25″E | |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Province | Syunik |
| Municipality | Kapan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.02 km2 (7.73 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 625 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Etymology
The village has previously been known as Yeritsvanik, Yeritsvank’, Yertsu Vank’, Karmir Vank’, Yerets’, Yerets and Yeretsvanik.
Demographics
In 1908, Artsvanik (Russian: Арцеваник) had a predominantly Armenian population of 952 within the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire.[3]
The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population as 578 in 2010,[4] down from 652 at the 2001 census.[5]
Gallery
WWII memorial
Yeritsavank
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Artsvanik.
- "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
- Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
- Кавказский календарь на 1910 год [Caucasian calendar for 1910] (in Russian) (65th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1910. p. 187. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022.
- "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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