Official Name: | Alapars |
Native Name: | Ալափարս |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kotayk |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 470, resettled in 1828-30 |
Area Total Km2: | 32.94 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 2,076 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.4214°N 44.6347°W |
Elevation M: | 1500-1601 |
Area Code: | +374 (226) |
Alapars (Armenian: Ալափարս) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The village has 860 dwellings, a school, house of culture, and library. The population is entirely Armenian.
The village was previously known as Aylaberk and Aylaber.
Alapars was founded in 470, but was resettled in 1828-30 by immigrants from Khoy and Maku. Its center is dominated by the churches of Saint Vartan (Vartanavank) built in 901 (rebuilt 19th century) by a Prince Grigor, and the Holy Mother of God (Surb Astvatsatsin) of 1897. Also in the vicinity is the monastery of S. Tsiranavor. According to local folklore, Vartanavank contains a drop of blood from the Armenian national hero Vartan Mamikonian.[2] [3]