Charentsavan
Sign in to saveCharentsavan (), is a town and urban municipal community in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1947 as Lusavan, and renamed in 1967 after the Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents. According to the 2022 census, Charentsavan had a population of 22,071.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Charentsavan
- Settlement.native_name
- Չարենցավան
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Charentsavan town1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Charentsavan
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Marz (Province)
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kotayk
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hakob Shahgeltyan
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1948
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 22,071
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Charentsavan (), is a town and urban municipal community in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1947 as Lusavan, and renamed in 1967 after the Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents. According to the 2022 census, Charentsavan had a population of 22,071.
==Etymology== The town was known as Lusavan until September 1967, when, on the recommendation of Anastas Mikoyan, it was renamed Charentsavan, after Yeghishe Charents. Charentsavan is composed of two words: Charents () and avan (), literally meaning the "town of Charents".