List of cities and towns in Armenia

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]

Map of the cities in Armenia (does not reflect the 2017 reforms).

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

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Rank City (Armenian name) Province Population
(2001 census)
Population
(2011 census)
Population
(2020 estimate)
Change
(2011–2020)
1 Yerevan (Երեւան) 1,103,488 1,060,138 1,084,000 +2.25%
2 Gyumri (Գյումրի) Shirak 150,917 121,976 112,400 −7.85%
3 Vanadzor (Վանաձոր) Lori 107,394 86,199 77,200 −10.44%
4 Vagharshapat (Վաղարշապատ)[a] Armavir 56,388 46,540 46,200 −0.73%
5 Abovyan (Աբովյան) Kotayk 44,569 43,495 44,900 +3.23%
6 Kapan (Կապան) Syunik 45,711 43,190 42,300 −2.06%
7 Hrazdan (Հրազդան) Kotayk 52,808 41,875 40,000 −4.48%
8 Armavir (Արմավիր) Armavir 32,034 29,319 27,800 −5.18%
9 Artashat (Արտաշատ) Ararat 25,066 22,269 19,300 −13.33%
10 Ijevan (Իջևան) Tavush 20,223 21,081 20,300 −3.70%
11 Gavar (Գավառ) Gegharkunik 26,621 20,765 18,100 −12.83%
12 Goris (Գորիս) Syunik 23,261 20,591 20,400 −0.93%
13 Charentsavan (Չարենցավան) Kotayk 25,039 20,363 20,400 +0.18%
14 Ararat (Արարատ) Ararat 20,480 20,235 20,400 +0.82%
15 Masis (Մասիս) Ararat 21,376 20,215 20,600 +1.90%
16 Artik (Արթիկ) Shirak 17,561 19,534 17,800 −8.88%
17 Sevan (Սևան) Gegharkunik 21,422 19,229 19,000 −1.19%
18 Ashtarak (Աշտարակ) Aragatsotn 20,636 18,834 16,800 −10.80%
19 Dilijan (Դիլիջան) Tavush 16,202 17,712 17,300 −2.33%
20 Sisian (Սիսիան) Syunik 16,843 14,894 14,800 −0.63%
21 Alaverdi (Ալավերդի) Lori 16,641 13,343 12,500 −6.32%
22 Stepanavan (Ստեփանավան) Lori 16,299 13,086 12,400 −5.24%
23 Martuni (Մարտունի) Gegharkunik 11,756 12,894 11,500 −10.81%
24 Spitak (Սպիտակ) Lori 14,984 12,881 12,700 −1.41%
25 Vardenis (Վարդենիս) Gegharkunik 12,753 12,685 12,400 −2.25%
26 Yeghvard (Եղվարդ) Kotayk 11,627 11,672 11,900 +1.95%
27 Vedi (Վեդի) Ararat 12,963 11,384 11,800 +3.65%
28 Byureghavan (Բյուրեղավան) Kotayk 8,152 9,513 9,100 −4.34%
29 Nor Hachn (Նոր Հաճն) Kotayk 10,168 9,307 9,300 −0.08%
30 Metsamor (Մեծամոր) Armavir 9,870 9,191 8,400 −8.61%
31 Berd (Բերդ) Tavush 8,810 7,957 7,500 −5.74%
32 Yeghegnadzor (Եղեգնաձոր) Vayots Dzor 8,187 7,944 7,400 −6.85%
33 Tashir (Տաշիր) Lori 9,538 7,773 7,200 −7.37%
34 Kajaran (Քաջարան) Syunik 8,439 7,163 6,900 −3.67%
35 Aparan (Ապարան) Aragatsotn 6,614 6,451 5,900 −8.54%
36 Vayk (Վայք) Vayots Dzor 6,024 5,877 5,600 −4.71%
37 Chambarak (Ճամբարակ) Gegharkunik 6,405 5,850 5,600 −4.27%
38 Maralik (Մարալիկ) Shirak 5,782 5,398 5,400 +0.04%
39 Noyemberyan (Նոյեմբերյան) Tavush 5,486 5,310 4,500 −15.25%
40 Talin (Թալին) Aragatsotn 5,614 5,310 4,100 −22.79%
41 Jermuk (Ջերմուկ) Vayots Dzor 5,394 4,628 4,100 −11.41%
42 Meghri (Մեղրի) Syunik 4,805 4,580 4,500 −1.75%
43 Ayrum (Այրում) Tavush 2,351 2,126 1,800 −15.33%
44 Akhtala (Ախթալա) Lori 2,435 2,092 2,000 −4.40%
45 Tumanyan (Թումանյան) Lori 1,909 1,710 1,500 −12.28%
46 Tsaghkadzor (Ծաղկաձոր) Kotayk 1,618 1,256 1,200 −4.46%

Source: 2001 census;[2] 2011 census;[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] 2020 estimate[14]

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ Also widely known as Ejmiatsin (Էջմիածին)
Citations
  1. ^ "Armenia | Geography, Population, Map, Religion, & History".
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Aragatsotn Province
  4. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Tavush Province
  5. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Kotayk Province
  6. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Vayots Dzor Province
  7. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Syunik Province
  8. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Shirak Province
  9. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Lori Province
  10. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Gegharkunik Province
  11. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Armavir Province
  12. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Ararat Province
  13. ^ 2011 Armenia census, Yerevan city
  14. ^ "Հայաստանի Հանրապետության մշտական բնակչության թվաքանակը 2020 թվականի հունվարի 1-Ի դրությամբ [Permanent population of the Republic of Armenia as of January 1, 2020]" (PDF). armstat.am (in Armenian). Statistical Committee of Armenia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2020.