Type: | village |
Province: | Artvin |
District: | Yusufeli |
Kılıçkaya | |
Other Name: | Ersis |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 40.7167°N 70°W |
Elevation M: | 1200 |
Postal Code: | 08820 |
Area Code: | 0466 |
Kılıçkaya (formerly: Ersis) is a village in the Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 806 (2021).[2] At south of Yusufeli it is one of the southernmost settlements of the province. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3]
In 1547, the town was incorporated into Ottoman Empire. After Russian occupation following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Kılıçkaya was returned to Turkey. In 1930, Sadiye Hanım became the mayor of the town as one of the first female town mayors of Turkey.[4]