Artsvanik

Artsvanik is a village in the Kapan Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Etymology

The village has previously been known as Yeritsvanik, Yeritsvank’, Yertsu Vank’, Karmir Vank’, Yerets’, Yerets and Yeretsvanik.

Demographics

In 1908, Artsvanik had a predominantly Armenian population of 952 within the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire.
The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 578 in 2010, down from 652 at the 2001 census.