Areni Municipality, referred to as Areni Community (Armenian: Արենի Համայնք Areni Hamaynk), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeast of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the village of Areni.[1]
Areni
Արենի | |
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Coordinates: 39°45′N 45°10′E / 39.750°N 45.167°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Vayots Dzor |
Formed | 9 June 2017 |
Administrative centre | Areni |
Government | |
• Mayor | Husik Sahakyan |
Area | |
• Total | 438 km2 (169 sq mi) |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 10,410 |
• Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
Time zone | AMT (UTC+04) |
Postal code | 3601–3810 |
ISO 3166 code | AM-VD |
FIPS 10-4 | AM10 |
Included settlements
editSettlement | Type | Population (2018 census)[2] |
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Areni | Village, administrative centre | 1,968 |
Agarakadzor | Village | 1,432 |
Aghavnadzor | Village | 1,978 |
Arpi | Village | 1,167 |
Chiva | Village | 823 |
Gnishik | Village | 66 |
Khachik | Village | 926 |
Mozrov | Village | 281 |
Rind | Village | 1,502 |
Yelpin | Village | 1,128 |
Amaghu | Abandoned village | 0 |
Politics
editAreni Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Արենիի համայնքապետարան, Areni hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Kajaran Municipality, consisting of 15 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in September 2022. Husik Sahakyan of Civil Contract party was elected mayor.
Party | 2022 | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||||||
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Civil Contract | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Hanrapetutyun Party | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Total | 15 |
Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.