Ardenis Explained

Official Name:Ardenis
Native Name:Արդենիս
Pushpin Map:Armenia#Shirak
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Armenia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shirak
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Amasia
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:177
Utc Offset:+4
Utc Offset Dst:+5
Coordinates:41.0786°N 43.7239°W
Elevation M:2050
Area Total Km2:17.4

Ardenis (Armenian: Արդենիս) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.

History

The village had a mixed ArmenianAzerbaijani population. During the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani residents left for Azerbaijan.[1]

Demographics

According to 1912 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, 335 people, mainly Karapapaks, lived in village Gollu of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[2]

Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 177 in 2010, up from 132 at the 2001 census.

The population of the village since 1897 is as follows:

YearPopulation
1897284
1926316
1939416
1959470
1970698
1979757
1989358
2001132
2004149
2010177

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Արդենիս . Ardenis . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180417182252/http://shirak.mtad.am:80/u_files/file/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD.pdf . 2018-04-17 . 14 February 2021 . shirak.mtad.am.
  2. Book: Кавказский календарь на 1912 год . Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom . 1912 . 67th . Tiflis . Russian . Caucasian calendar for 1912 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211211164139/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417317 . 11 December 2021.