40°34′01″N 43°56′10″E / 40.56694°N 43.93611°E
Lernakert
Լեռնակերտ | |
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  Lernakert  Lernakert | |
| Coordinates: 40°34′01″N 43°56′10″E / 40.56694°N 43.93611°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Artik |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 1,418 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Lernakert (Armenian: Լեռնակերտ) is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The 10th to 13th-century Makaravank Church, with the church of Surb Sion of 1001 is located 1 mile north of the village. In the gorge below is a small church built on earlier foundations and constructed in the 18th century, with a hermit's cell cut into the cliff face behind.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | |
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| 1831 | 320 | — | |
| 1897 | 1,602 | +2.47% | |
| 1931 | 1,619 | +0.03% | |
| 1970 | 1,466 | −0.25% | |
| 1979 | 1,200 | −2.20% | |
| 2001 | 1,449 | +0.86% | |
| 2004 | 1,450 | +0.02% | |
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Gallery
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Makaravank Church, 10th-13th centuries -
Makaravank Church entry -
18th-century chapel in gorge below Makaravank
See also
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edit- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- Lernakert, Shirak at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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