Artsvanik

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

Artsvanik
Արծվանիկ
6th-century Ericavank Monastery in Artzvanik
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)
Artsvanik at GEOnet Names Server

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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