Lernakert, Shirak

40°34′01″N 43°56′10″E / 40.56694°N 43.93611°E / 40.56694; 43.93611

Place in Shirak, Armenia

Lernakert Լեռնակերտ

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Coordinates: 40°34′01″N 43°56′10″E / 40.56694°N 43.93611°E / 40.56694; 43.93611
Country	Armenia
Province	Shirak
Municipality	Artik
Population (2008)
• Total	1,418
Time zone	UTC+4
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5

Lernakert (Armenian: Լեռնակերտ) is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The 10th to 13th-century Makaravank Church, with the church of Surb Sion of 1001 is located 1 mile north of the village. In the gorge below is a small church built on earlier foundations and constructed in the 18th century, with a hermit's cell cut into the cliff face behind.

Demographics

Historical population

Year

Pop.

±% p.a.

1831

320

—

1897

1,602

+2.47%

1931

1,619

+0.03%

1970

1,466

−0.25%

1979

1,200

−2.20%

2001

1,449

+0.86%

2004

1,450

+0.02%

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Gallery

Makaravank Church, 10th-13th centuries
Makaravank Church entry
18th-century chapel in gorge below Makaravank

References

^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.

Lernakert, Shirak at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia