Alapars

Village in Kotayk, Armenia

Alapars Ալափարս
Village
A view of Alapars
40°25′17″N 44°38′05″E / 40.42139°N 44.63472°E / 40.42139; 44.63472
Country	Armenia
Province	Kotayk
Founded	470, resettled in 1828-30
Area
• Total	32.94 km² (12.72 sq mi)
Elevation	1,500−1,601 m (−3,753 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,076
• Density	63/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Area code	+374 (226)
Alapars at GEOnet Names Server

Alapars (Armenian: Ալափարս) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The village has 860 dwellings, a school, house of culture, and library. The population is entirely Armenian.

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Aylaberk and Aylaber.

History

Alapars was founded in 470, but was resettled in 1828-30 by immigrants from Khoy and Maku. Its center is dominated by the churches of Saint Vartan (Vartanavank) built in 901 (rebuilt 19th century) by a Prince Grigor, and the Holy Mother of God (Surb Astvatsatsin) of 1897. Also in the vicinity is the monastery of S. Tsiranavor. According to local folklore, Vartanavank contains a drop of blood from the Armenian national hero Vartan Mamikonian.^[2]^[3]

Gallery

The church of Vardanavank built in 901, reconstructed in the 19th century
St. Astvatsatsin Church (Holy Mother of God Church), 1897
Large khachkar adjacent to Vartanavank
Sculpture in Tukh Manuk, Alapars by Avetik Avetyan, words by Avetik Isahakyan

Notable people

Avetik Avetyan, USSR multiple medalist and director of the pump station of Alapars
Mushegh Aliabertsi, Patriarch (490-561)
Tatik Saryan, artist
Melik Kocharyan, dramatist
Shavigh Grigoryan, folk collector
Kavalenko Shahgaldyan, Governor of the Kotayk Province

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ "Alapars (Kotayk)". CAA: Union of Communities of Armenia. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 95. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alapars.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.