Yeghegis Community

Yeghegis Community (Armenian: Եղեգիս Համայնք Yeghegis Hamaynk) is a rural community (municipality) and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province in southeastern Armenia, consisting of a group of villages whose administrative centre is Shatin.^[1]

Yeghegis Եղեգիս
Rural Community
Coordinates: 39°52′N 45°20′E
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Formed	9 June 2017
Administrative centre	Shatin
Government
• Mayor	Artur Stepanayan
Area
• Total	477 km2 (184 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	5,961
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	AMT (UTC+04)
Postal code	3601–3810
ISO 3166 code	AM-VD
FIPS 10-4	AM10

Villages

Settlement	Type	Population (2011 census)[2]
Shatin	Village, administrative centre	1,736
Aghnjadzor	Village	412
Artabuynk	Village	984
Goghtanik	Village	190
Hermon	Village	180
Horbategh	Village	242
Hors	Village	321
Karaglukh	Village	743
Salli	Village	220
Sevazhayr	Village	13
Taratumb	Village	448
Vardahovit	Village	103
Yeghegis	Village	369
Arates	Abandoned village	0
Getikvank	Abandoned village	0
Kalasar	Abandoned village	0

Politics

Yeghegis Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Եղեգիսի համայնքապետարան, Yeghegisi hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Meghri Municipality, consisting of 15 members who are elected every five years. In the September 2022 election Artur Stepanyan of Civil Contract party was elected mayor.

Party		2022	Current Municipal Assembly
	Civil Contract	9
	Liberal Party	6
Total		15

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.

See also

• Vayots Dzor Province