Aygehat
41°00′58″N 44°35′43″E / 41.01611°N 44.59528°E
Aygehat
Այգեհատ | |
|---|---|
Aygehat | |
| Coordinates: 41°00′58″N 44°35′43″E / 41.01611°N 44.59528°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Lori Province |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,150 m (3,770 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 263[1] |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
| Postal code | 1717 |
Aygehat (Armenian: Այգեհատ) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, 9 km (5.6 mi) south-west of the city of Alaverdi, and 43 km (27 mi) northeast Vanadzor. The village is located on the left bank of the Debed river on a high plateau, 1150m above sea level. The village is located in the rural Odzun Municipality.
Etymology
During the Khrushchev Thaw, on February 2, 1963, the town was renamed Danushavan, in honor of Danush Shahverdyan, an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman who was born in Aygehat.[2] A victim of Stalin's repressions, Shahverdyan had been posthumously rehabilitated on September 25, 1954.[3] The name Aygehat was restored in 1992.[4]
Economy
In the enlarged Odzun community, which includes Aygehat as well as neighboring villages, agriculture and livestock remain the primary sources of income. Out of the registered residents in the community 3,408 are employed, mostly in cattle-breeding and agriculture, across some 9,323 hectares of agricultural land.[5]
In July 2025, Aygehat was identified as one of nine rural communities in the Lori region to benefit from a new water reservoir project supported by the Serbian government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).[6] The reservoir, with a planned capacity of 8,900 m³, will include water supply and drainage systems and is expected to irrigate approximately 400 hectares of farmland. A delegation from Serbia, UNDP, and Armenia visited the construction site in Hovnanadzor to assess progress and emphasized the project’s importance for strengthening agricultural productivity and resilience in Aygehat and surrounding villages.[7] The project will directly benefit 900 households and indirectly support over 8,000 individuals, including refugees.
Notable people
References
- ^ "Lori (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Aslanyan, Arsham; Grgearyan, Hakob (1981). Հայկական ՍՍՀ աշխարհագրական անունների համառոտ բառարան (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences. p. 60.
- ^ Shakarian, Pietro A. (2025). Anastas Mikoyan: An Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0253073556.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady. "Rediscovering Armenia" (PDF). Tigran Mets. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
- ^ Ecolur. "Social and Ecological Problems of Odzun Enlargened Community Discussed - Ecolur". www.ecolur.org. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ "New daily regulated reservoir to be built in Lori with Serbia's support". Armenpress. 2025-07-10. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ "Strengthening Resilience in Lori Berd: Serbia-Funded UNDP Project Advances Water Infrastructure for Host Communities and Refugees". UNDP. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-09-29.