Kirants, Armenia

Place in Tavush, Armenia

Kirants Կիրանց
A view of Kirants
41°02′49″N 45°05′52″E / 41.04694°N 45.09778°E / 41.04694; 45.09778
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Municipality	Ijevan
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	352
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Kirants, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

Kirants (Armenian: Կիրանց) is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 8th-century Kirants Monastery, and the 13th-century Arakelots Monastery are located near Kirants.

Toponymy

The village was known as Getashen until 1967.

Gallery

Kirants Monastery
Scenery around Kirants
Arakelots Monastery
Sranotsi Bridge
St. Astvatsatsin Church
Artsakh war memorial
Kirants Monastery interior
Old house in Kirants

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirants.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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.