Svarants ( hy, Սվարանց) is a village in the

Tatev Municipality Tatev Municipality, referred to as Tatev Community ( hy, Տաթև Համայնք ''Tatev Hamaynk''), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlement ...

of the

Syunik Province Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. It ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

Geography

The village is located in the upper reaches of the Tatev River, in the valley, on the northern slopes of Aramazd Mountain, at an altitude of 1750-1800 m above sea level. The distance from Kapan, the regional center of Syunik province, is about 51 km. The administrative area of the village occupies 1621.20 ha, of which agricultural lands are 1562.95 ha. According to the operational purpose, the agricultural lands consist of: arable land 191.24ha, grasslands 42.16ha, pastures 799.38ha and other land types 527ha.

History

In historical literature Svarants is first mentioned as Tsuraberd in 10th century. In his work "History of the State of Sisakan"

Stepanos Orbelyan Stepanos Orbelian ( hy, Ստեփանոս Օրբելեան, originally spelled hy, Ստեփաննոս, translit=Stepʻannos, label=none; – 1303) was a thirteenth-century Armenian historian and the metropolitan bishop of the province of Syu ...

mentioned it among the villages which uprose against ecclesiastical, feudal orders.

Demographics

Population

The

National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia ( Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ...

(ARMSTAT) reported its population was 270 in 2010, down from 360 at the 2001 census.

References

Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub