This is a list of cities and towns in Armenia ordered by population by the Statistical Committee of Armenia (ArmStat). Armenia has 46 municipalities designated as urban communities (Armenian: քաղաքային համայնքներ k’aghak’ayin hamaynk’ner) as of 2017. However, a city/town (քաղաք, k’aghak’ ) in Armenia is not defined based on the size of its population. The other 457 municipalities in Armenia are considered rural communities (գյուղական համայնքներ, gyughakan hamaynk’ner). Two-thirds of the population are now urbanized. Statistically, 63.6% of Armenians live in urban areas as compared to 36.4% in rural, as of 2017.[1]
Yerevan, Gyumri, and Vanadzor are the three largest urban settlements of the republic, currently having populations of more than 50,000. They were considered as "cities of republican subordination" (հանրապետական ենթակայության քաղաքներ) during the Soviet period. The rest of the towns have populations less than 50,000.
Agarak, Dastakert and Shamlugh were downgraded from towns to villages as a result of the administrative reforms took place during 2017. As such they are no longer included in the list below.
List
edit| Rank | City (Armenian name) | Province | Population (2001 census) |
Population (2011 census) |
Population (2022 census) |
Change (2011–2022) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yerevan (Երեւան) | — | 1,103,488 | 1,060,138 | 1,086,677 | +2.50% |
| 2 | Gyumri (Գյումրի) | Shirak | 150,917 | 121,976 | 112,301 | −7.93% |
| 3 | Vanadzor (Վանաձոր) | Lori | 107,394 | 86,199 | 75,186 | −12.78% |
| 4 | Abovyan (Աբովյան) | Kotayk | 44,569 | 43,495 | 46,434 | +6.76% |
| 5 | Vagharshapat (Վաղարշապատ)[a] | Armavir | 56,388 | 46,540 | 44,837 | −3.66% |
| 6 | Hrazdan (Հրազդան) | Kotayk | 52,808 | 41,875 | 44,231 | +5.63% |
| 7 | Kapan (Կապան) | Syunik | 45,711 | 43,190 | 32,780 | −24.10% |
| 8 | Armavir (Արմավիր) | Armavir | 32,034 | 29,319 | 27,470 | −6.31% |
| 9 | Charentsavan (Չարենցավան) | Kotayk | 25,039 | 20,363 | 22,071 | +8.39% |
| 10 | Masis (Մասիս) | Ararat | 21,376 | 20,215 | 20,081 | −0.66% |
| 11 | Artashat (Արտաշատ) | Ararat | 25,066 | 22,269 | 19,020 | −14.59% |
| 12 | Sevan (Սևան) | Gegharkunik | 21,422 | 19,229 | 18,705 | −2.73% |
| 13 | Ijevan (Իջևան) | Tavush | 20,223 | 21,081 | 18,689 | −11.35% |
| 14 | Gavar (Գավառ) | Gegharkunik | 26,621 | 20,765 | 17,741 | −14.56% |
| 15 | Artik (Արթիկ) | Shirak | 17,561 | 19,534 | 17,647 | −9.66% |
| 16 | Goris (Գորիս) | Syunik | 23,261 | 20,591 | 17,113 | −16.89% |
| 17 | Ararat (Արարատ) | Ararat | 20,480 | 20,235 | 16,592 | −18.00% |
| 18 | Dilijan (Դիլիջան) | Tavush | 16,202 | 17,712 | 15,914 | −10.15% |
| 19 | Ashtarak (Աշտարակ) | Aragatsotn | 20,636 | 18,834 | 15,686 | −16.71% |
| 20 | Sisian (Սիսիան) | Syunik | 16,843 | 14,894 | 13,179 | −11.51% |
| 21 | Spitak (Սպիտակ) | Lori | 14,984 | 12,881 | 13,133 | +1.96% |
| 22 | Vardenis (Վարդենիս) | Gegharkunik | 12,753 | 12,685 | 12,466 | −1.73% |
| 23 | Yeghvard (Եղվարդ) | Kotayk | 11,627 | 11,672 | 12,279 | +5.20% |
| 24 | Alaverdi (Ալավերդի) | Lori | 16,641 | 13,343 | 12,152 | −8.93% |
| 25 | Stepanavan (Ստեփանավան) | Lori | 16,299 | 13,086 | 11,982 | −8.44% |
| 26 | Martuni (Մարտունի) | Gegharkunik | 11,756 | 12,894 | 11,287 | −12.46% |
| 27 | Vedi (Վեդի) | Ararat | 12,963 | 11,384 | 11,066 | −2.79% |
| 28 | Byureghavan (Բյուրեղավան) | Kotayk | 8,152 | 9,513 | 10,432 | +9.66% |
| 29 | Nor Hachn (Նոր Հաճն) | Kotayk | 10,168 | 9,307 | 9,816 | +5.47% |
| 30 | Metsamor (Մեծամոր) | Armavir | 9,870 | 9,191 | 8,472 | −7.82% |
| 31 | Tashir (Տաշիր) | Lori | 9,538 | 7,773 | 7,424 | −4.49% |
| 32 | Yeghegnadzor (Եղեգնաձոր) | Vayots Dzor | 8,187 | 7,944 | 6,912 | −12.99% |
| 33 | Berd (Բերդ) | Tavush | 8,810 | 7,957 | 6,899 | −13.30% |
| 34 | Kajaran (Քաջարան) | Syunik | 8,439 | 7,163 | 6,355 | −11.28% |
| 35 | Aparan (Ապարան) | Aragatsotn | 6,614 | 6,451 | 5,803 | −10.04% |
| 36 | Chambarak (Ճամբարակ) | Gegharkunik | 6,405 | 5,850 | 5,468 | −6.53% |
| 37 | Vayk (Վայք) | Vayots Dzor | 6,024 | 5,877 | 5,356 | −8.87% |
| 38 | Maralik (Մարալիկ) | Shirak | 5,782 | 5,398 | 5,334 | −1.19% |
| 39 | Noyemberyan (Նոյեմբերյան) | Tavush | 5,486 | 5,310 | 4,273 | −19.53% |
| 40 | Meghri (Մեղրի) | Syunik | 4,805 | 4,580 | 4,159 | −9.19% |
| 41 | Jermuk (Ջերմուկ) | Vayots Dzor | 5,394 | 4,628 | 3,936 | −14.95% |
| 42 | Talin (Թալին) | Aragatsotn | 5,614 | 5,310 | 3,904 | −26.48% |
| 43 | Akhtala (Ախթալա) | Lori | 2,435 | 2,092 | 2,360 | +12.81% |
| 44 | Ayrum (Այրում) | Tavush | 2,351 | 2,126 | 1,740 | −18.16% |
| 45 | Tumanyan (Թումանյան) | Lori | 1,909 | 1,710 | 1,414 | −17.31% |
| 46 | Tsaghkadzor (Ծաղկաձոր) | Kotayk | 1,618 | 1,256 | 1,010 | −19.59% |
Source: 2001 census;[2] 2011 census;[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] 2022 census[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- Notes
- ^ Also widely known as Ejmiatsin (Էջմիածին)
- Citations
- ^ "Armenia | Geography, Population, Map, Religion, & History".
- ^ "De Facto and De Jure Population by Administrative Territorial Distribution and Sex" (PDF). 2001 census. armstat.am. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2020.
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Aragatsotn Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Tavush Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Kotayk Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Vayots Dzor Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Syunik Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Shirak Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Lori Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Gegharkunik Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Armavir Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Ararat Province
- ^ 2011 Armenia census, Yerevan city
- ^ "The Main Results of RA Census 2022, trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia". www.armstat.am. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
