Lernadzor

Lernadzor (Armenian: Լեռնաձոր) is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Lernadzor

Լեռնաձոր
Lernadzor
Coordinates: 39°09′26″N 46°11′59″E
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalityKajaran
Area
 • Total102.78 km2 (39.68 sq mi)
Population
 • Total866
 • Density8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Lernadzor at GEOnet Names Server

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Kyurdikend.

Demographics

Population

The village's population was 866 at the 2011 census,[2] up from 416 at the 2001 census.[3]

Municipal administration

Lernadzor was previously a community which included the villages of Lernadzor, Kavchut, Musallam, Nerkin Giratagh and Verin Giratagh, until the June 2017 administrative and territorial reforms, when the village became a part of the Kajaran Municipality.[4][5] The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported the community of Lernadzor's population as 1,011 in 2011,[2] up from 547 in 2010,[6] which was down from 634 at the 2001 census.[3]

Uranium mine

In the 1970s, a Russian exploration team uncovered a mine containing in Lernadzor about 30,000 tons of uranium. In February 2008, a memorandum was signed between the ROA Ministry of Nature Protection and Rosatom, the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation, regarding the cooperative geological exploration, production and reprocessing in the Armenian uranium sector.[7]

  • Village school
  • A view of the village

References
  1. "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
  2. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  3. Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  4. Հայաստանի 328 համայնքների միավորմամբ կձևավորվի 34 համայնք. ԱԺ-ն քննարկում է ծրագիրը
  5. Syunik Province communities
  6. "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  7. The Specter of Uranium Once Again Hangs Over Syunik, Hetq Online, November 10, 2008.
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