Artsvanik

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Artsvanik
Արծվանիկ
6th-century Ericavank Monastery in Artzvanik
6th-century Ericavank Monastery in Artzvanik
Artsvanik is located in Armenia
Artsvanik
Artsvanik
Coordinates: 39°15′42″N 46°28′25″E / 39.26167°N 46.47361°E / 39.26167; 46.47361Coordinates: 39°15′42″N 46°28′25″E / 39.26167°N 46.47361°E / 39.26167; 46.47361
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalityKapan
Area
 • Total20.02 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Population
 • Total625
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Artsvanik at GEOnet Names Server

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

Toponymy[]

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]

References[]

  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 (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1910. p. 187.
  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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