Arpunk
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Arpunk
| native_name = Արփունք
| pushpin_map = Armenia#Gegharkunik
| mapsize = 150px
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Armenia
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Gegharkunik
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Vardenis
| leader_title = Mayor
| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 568
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = AMT
| utc_offset = +4
| coordinates = {{coord|40|17|21|N|45|44|15|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 2050
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 1607
| footnotes = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E73B53774E0440003BA962ED3}}
}}
Arpunk ({{langx|hy|Արփունք}}; {{langx|az|Kəsəmən}}) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Three kilometers southeast of the village is a 15th-century church.{{cite book|last1=Kiesling| first1=Brady| first2=Raffi| last2= Kojian| year=2005 |title=Rediscovering Armenia: Guide| edition= 2nd| publisher=Matit Graphic Design Studio| location=Yerevan| page=82| isbn=99941-0-121-8}} The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.{{Cite web|author=|date=2011 |title=ԱՐՓՈՒՆՔ |url=https://gegharkunik.am/node/47 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101012756/https://gegharkunik.am/node/47 |archive-date=2020-11-01 |access-date=14 February 2021|website=gegharkunik.am}}
Toponymy
The village was known as Bahar until 1978.
Notable people
- Aladdin Allahverdiyev (born 1947), Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani scientist, professor (2001)
References
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External links
- {{ArmenianCensus|146}}
- {{RediscoveringArmenia|48}}
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{{portal bar|Geography}}
Category:Populated places in Gegharkunik Province
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