Artsvanik

Artsvanik (Armenian: Արծվանիկ) is a village in the Kapan Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Artsvanik
Արծվանիկ
6th-century monastery of Yeritsavank in Artsvanik
6th-century monastery of Yeritsavank in Artsvanik
Artsvanik is located in Armenia
Artsvanik
Artsvanik
Artsvanik is located in Syunik Province
Artsvanik
Artsvanik
Coordinates: 39°15′42″N 46°28′25″E
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalityKapan
Area
[1]
 • Total20.02 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total625
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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]

  • WWII memorial
    WWII memorial
  • Yeritsavank
    Yeritsavank

References
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  1. "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.
  2. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  3. 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.
  4. "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  5. Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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