Areni Community

Areni Municipality, referred to as Areni Community (Armenian: Արենի Համայնք Areni Hamaynk), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeast of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the village of Areni.^[1]

Areni Արենի
Rural Community
Coordinates: 39°45′N 45°10′E
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Formed	9 June 2017
Administrative centre	Areni
Government
• Mayor	Husik Sahakyan
Area
• Total	438 km2 (169 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	10,410
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	AMT (UTC+04)
Postal code	3601–3810
ISO 3166 code	AM-VD
FIPS 10-4	AM10

Included settlements

Settlement	Type	Population (2018 census)[2]
Areni	Village, administrative centre	1,968
Agarakadzor	Village	1,432
Aghavnadzor	Village	1,978
Arpi	Village	1,167
Chiva	Village	823
Gnishik	Village	66
Khachik	Village	926
Mozrov	Village	281
Rind	Village	1,502
Yelpin	Village	1,128
Amaghu	Abandoned village	0

Politics

Areni Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Արենիի համայնքապետարան, Areni hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Kajaran Municipality, consisting of 15 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in September 2022. Husik Sahakyan of Civil Contract party was elected mayor.

Party		2022	Current Municipal Assembly
	Civil Contract	13
	Hanrapetutyun Party	2
Total		15

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.