Official Name: | Varser |
Native Name: | Վարսեր |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Gegharkunik |
Coordinates: | 40.5544°N 44.9081°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gegharkunik |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Sevan |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Elevation M: | 1917 |
Population Total: | 1,901 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1515 |
Varser (Armenian: Վարսեր) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
The name Varser is derived from a root word meaning "hair". According to popular folklore, this refers to a girl who drowned in Lake Sevan, after which her long hair spread out across the water. The village was also previously known as Chirchir and Chrchr until 1946.
The village is first mentioned in the 9th century as a gift of Ashot II Bagratuni to an "Apostles' Church".[2] Most of the Armenians in the village are descendants of migrants from Bitlis and Maku in Western Armenia, today located in southeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran, respectively.