Artsvanik () is a village in the

Kapan Municipality Kapan Municipality, referred to as Kapan Community ( ''Kapan Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centr ...

of the

Syunik Province Syunik (, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital and larg ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

Etymology

The village has previously been known as ''Yeritsvanik'', ''Yeritsvank’'', ''Yertsu Vank’'', ''Karmir Vank’'', ''Yerets’'', ''Yerets'' and ''Yeretsvanik''.

Demographics

In 1908, Artsvanik () had a predominantly Armenian population of 952 within the

Zangezur Uyezd The Zangezur ''uezd'' was a county (''uezd'') of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire with its administrative center in Gerusy (present-day Goris) from 1868 until its formal abolition and partition between the Soviet republics of Ar ...

of the

Elisabethpol Governorate The Elizavetpol Governorate, also known after 1918 as the Ganja Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja). The area of the governorate s ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. The

Statistical Committee of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia (), or ArmStat in short, is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was previously known as the Statistical Departme ...

reported its population as 578 in 2010, down from 652 at the 2001 census.

Gallery

Հուշարձան Երկրորդ աշխարհամարտում զոհվածներին, Սյունիքի մարզ, գ․Արծվանիկ - 01.jpg, WWII memorial -Երիցվանք վանական համալիր.jpg, Yeritsavank

References

Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub