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Artsvanist () is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.

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Settlement.official_name
Artsvanist
Settlement.native_name
Արծվանիստ
Settlement.image_skyline
Vanevank Monastery3.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Vanevan Monastery
Settlement.pushpin_map
Armenia#Gegharkunik
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Gegharkunik
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Martuni
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1829–1830
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
2,825
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Official name
Արծվանիստ
Population
2825
Elevation
1941
Image
Vanevan Monastery Front.JPG
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Commons category
Artsvanist
postal code
1404
native label
Արծվանիստ
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Artsvanist () is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.

== Toponymy == The village was known as Nerkin Aluchalu and Alichali until 1968, rendered as Nizhniy Aluchalu in Russian.

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