Artavan

Artavan
Արտավան
Artavan
Artavan
Coordinates: 39°39′27″N 45°37′00″E / 39.65750°N 45.61667°E / 39.65750; 45.61667
Country Armenia
ProvinceVayots Dzor
MunicipalityVayk
Population
 • Total
321
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Artavan (Armenian: Արտավան) is a village in the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Dzhul.

History

The village was probably at one time a fief of Tatev. There is an 18th-century bridge and an old cemetery in the vicinity of the village.[2]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.