Vayk Community

Vayk Municipality, referred to as Vayk Community (Armenian: Վայք Համայնք Vayk Hamaynk), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeastern end of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the town of Vayk.^[1]

Vayk Վայք
Urban Community
Coordinates: 39°41′N 45°26′E
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Formed	8 October 2016
Administrative centre	Vayk
Government
• Mayor	Mkhitar Matevosyan
Area
• Total	184 km2 (71 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	7,064
• Density	38/km2 (99/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 (2011 census)[2]
Vayk	Town, administrative centre	5,877
Arin	Village	309
Azatek	Village	603
Por	Village	134
Zedea	Village	141

Politics

Vayk Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Վայքի համայնքապետարան, Vayki hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Vayk Municipality, consisting of 15 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in December 2021. Mkhitar Matevosyan of Civil Contract was elected mayor.

Party		2021	Current Municipal Assembly
	Civil Contract	5
	Hanrapetutyun Party	5
	Homeland Party	3
	Liberal Party	2
Total		15

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.

See also

• Vayots Dzor Province