Gagarin, Armenia

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Gagarin

| native_name = Գագարին

| image_skyline = Armenia, Gagarin. Main road.jpg

| image_caption = Main road in Gagarin

| image_shield = COA_of_Gagarin.jpg

| pushpin_map = Armenia#Gegharkunik

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gegharkunik

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Sevan

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1955

| 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|author-link=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 1,379

| timezone = AMT

| utc_offset = +4

| coordinates = {{coord|40|32|13|N|44|51|28|E|region:AM|display=inline}}

| footnotes = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E70A93774E0440003BA962ED3}}

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Gagarin ({{langx|hy|Գագարին}}) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1955 and named after the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 41, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626205330/http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf |date=June 26, 2008 }} Administratively, the village is under the subordination of the Sevan municipality.

Gallery

Armenia, Gagarin. Yuri Gagarin's monument 01.jpg|Yuri Gagarin's monument

Armenia, Gagarin. Train station 02.jpg|Gagarin train station

Armenia, Gagarin 08.jpg|Yuri Gagarin's monument

Armenia, Gagarin.jpg|Scenery around Gagarin

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