Areni

Areni is a village and the center of the Areni Municipality of the in Armenia. Areni is best known for its wine production, with the majority of wine produced locally from the nearby village of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,000 residents
  • Description: village in Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia
  • Historically known as: “Arpa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Areni-1 cave and Areni Church.

Cave
Photo: Serouj, CC BY 3.0.
The complex is an ancient multicomponent site, and late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age ritual site and settlement, located near the Areni village in southern along the Arpa River.

Church
Photo: Vigen Hakhverdyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Surb Astvatsatsin of Areni is a single-nave two-aisled domed church completed in the year 1321. It is located atop a plateau overlooking the Arpa River and the village of Areni in the of .

Cave
Photo: Magellancave, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rind.

Village
Photo: Ավետիսյան91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the Areni Municipality of the in . is situated 4 km north of Areni.

Areni

Latitude
39.724° or 39° 43′ 27″ north
Longitude
45.1848° or 45° 11′ 5″ east
Population
2,000
Elevation
1,236 metres (4,055 feet)
Open location code
8HF7P5FM+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 455660532
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
174984
Wiki­data ID
Q207291
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Areni” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Areni”
  • Armenian: “Արենի”
  • Armenian: “Արփա” (historical)
  • Azerbaijani: “Areni”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arpa”
  • Belarusian: “Арпа”
  • Belarusian: “Арэні”
  • Catalan: “Areni”
  • Cebuano: “Areni”
  • Chechen: “Арени”
  • Chinese: “Areni”
  • Chinese: “阿列尼”
  • Chinese: “阿雷尼”
  • Czech: “Areni”
  • Dutch: “Areni”
  • Esperanto: “Areni”
  • French: “Areni”
  • French: “Aréni”
  • French: “Arèni”
  • Georgian: “არენი”
  • German: “Areni”
  • Greek: “Αρένι”
  • Hungarian: “Areni”
  • Italian: “Areni”
  • Japanese: “アレニ”
  • Kotava: “Areni”
  • Latvian: “Areni”
  • Malay: “Areni”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Areni”
  • Persian: “آرنی”
  • Polish: “Areni”
  • Romanian: “Areni, Vaioț Dzor”
  • Russian: “Арени”
  • Russian: “Арпа” (historical)
  • Scots: “Areni”
  • Slovenian: “Areni”
  • Spanish: “Areni”
  • Spanish: “Arpa”
  • Swedish: “Areni”
  • Turkish: “Areni”
  • Turkish: “Arpa”
  • Ukrainian: “Арені”
  • Ukrainian: “Арпа” (historical)
  • Upper Sorbian: “Areni”
  • Uzbek: “Areni”
  • Vietnamese: “Areni, Vayots Dzor”
  • Vietnamese: “Areni”
  • Western Armenian: “Արենի”
  • Western Armenian: “Արփան” (historical)

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