Artsvanik Explained

Official Name:	Artsvanik
Native Name:	Արծվանիկ
Pushpin Map:	Armenia#Syunik
Mapsize:	150px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Syunik
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Kapan
Area Total Km2:	20.02
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population As Of:	2011
Population Total:	625
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	AMT
Utc Offset:	+4
Coordinates:	39.2617°N 46.4736°W

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

Etymology

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.^[2]

The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population as 578 in 2010, down from 652 at the 2001 census.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia. Statistical Committee of Armenia.
2. Book: Кавказский календарь на 1910 год . Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom . 1910 . 65th . Tiflis . 187 . Russian . Caucasian calendar for 1910 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315211448/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417314 . 15 March 2022.