Map of the cities in Armenia (does not reflect the 2017 reforms).
This is alist of cities and towns inArmenia ordered by population by theStatistical Committee of Armenia (ArmStat).Armenia has 46 municipalities designated as urban communities (Armenian:քաղաքային համայնքներk’aghak’ayin hamaynk’ner) as of 2017. However, a city/town (քաղաք,k’aghak’) in Armenia is not defined based on the size of its population. The other 457 municipalities in Armenia are considered rural communities (գյուղական համայնքներ,gyughakan hamaynk’ner). Two-thirds of the population are now urbanized. Statistically, 63.6% of Armenians live in urban areas as compared to 36.4% in rural, as of 2017.[1]
Yerevan,Gyumri, andVanadzor are the three largest urban settlements of the republic, currently having populations of more than 50,000. They were considered as "cities of republican subordination" (հանրապետական ենթակայության քաղաքներ) during theSoviet period. The rest of the towns have populations less than 50,000.
Agarak,Dastakert andShamlugh were downgraded from towns to villages as a result of the administrative reforms took place during 2017. As such they are no longer included in the list below.
