A municipality in Armenia referred to as community, is an administrative subdivision consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements that enjoys local self-government. The settlements are classified as either towns or villages (Armenian: գյուղեր gyugher, singular. The administrative centre of a community could either be an urban settlement or a rural settlement.
Armavir, is a province (marz) in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the north, the province's capital is the town of Armavir while the largest city is Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin). The province shares a 72 km (45 mi)-long border with Turkey to the south and west.
Aknalich is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor.
Arshaluys is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is located 14 km north-east from the regional center. It is located on the right bank of the Kasagh River. The city is about 19 km from Yerevan. The settlement is 860 meters above sea level. It has a direct road to Vagharshapat and Yerevan.
Mrgashat, is a major village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. A Bronze Age archaeological site is found near the village.
Amberd ; known as Franganots until 1978, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is home to the historic church of Thomas the Apostle, dating back to the 12th century.
Aragats, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village's church, dedicated to Saint Stepanos, dates to 1870. There is a Urartian fortress nearby.
Arevashat known as Varmaziar until 1946, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.
Armavir is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. Cuneiform inscriptions of Urartian King Sarduri II were found at Armavir.
Jrarat formerly known as Gharkhun or Verin Gharkhun, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It has a large poultry industry and nearby is a piece of land reserved for the cochineal dye beetles, Porphyrophora hamelii.
Metsamor is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.
Nor Armavir is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village was founded in 1923 by Armenian refugees from Turkey, who named the village after the ancient city of Armavir, which has its ruins nearby. However, The village is known first and foremost for the Battle of Sardarabad during the Caucasus Campaign, as the battle occurred on the modern site of the town in 1918.
Taronik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The Iron Age settlement of Metsamor site is located only 1 km southwest of Taronik.
Tsaghkalanj is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village's church, dedicated to Saint George, dates to the 1870s. It rests on an earlier circular foundation. Nearby, is the whitewashed Amenaprkich Church of an unknown date. There is also a Neolithic-Chalcolithic tell in the village and Bronze Age burial mounds, while the ruins of Amenaprkich, a medieval settlement are nearby.
Yeghegnut, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The majority of the village are Armenians (70%) with 663 of the Yazidi minority.
Yeraskhahun is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Half of the population of the village are Yazidis.
Mayisyan, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a collective farm (sovkhoz) and named Sovkhoz No.2. Later it became known as Imeni Beriya, named after Lavrentiy Beria. In 1953, it was renamed Imeni Zhdanovaor Zhdanov after Andrei Zhdanov. In 2006, the village was renamed Mayisyan, in memory of the Armenian victory over the Turks during the battles of Abaran and Sardarabad in May 1918.
Sardarapat, is a major village in the Armavir province of Armenia. The settlement was originally known as Sardarapat until 1935 when it was renamed Hoktember (October) in memory of the 1917 October Revolution.
Aygevan ; formerly Sovkhoz Nomer Shest –, later Imeni Stalina, later Dzerzhinski and Imeni Dzerzhinskogo, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a state farm in 1946 and named after Felix Dzerzhinski, head of the Soviet secret police.
Noravan is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is home to the Noravan Agriculture Association.
