# Aygehat

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Place in Lori, Armenia

Aygehat Այգեհատ Aygehat Coordinates: 41°00′58″N 44°35′43″E / 41.01611°N 44.59528°E / 41.01611; 44.59528 Country Armenia Province Lori Area • Total 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) Elevation 1,150 m (3,770 ft) Population (2011)[1] • Total 263 • Density 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) Time zone UTC+4 (AMT) Postal code 1717

**Aygehat** ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Այգեհատ) is a village in the [Odzun Municipality](/source/Odzun_Municipality) of the [Lori Province](/source/Lori_Province) in [Armenia](/source/Armenia).

## Toponymy

During the [Khrushchev thaw](/source/Khrushchev_thaw), on February 2, 1963, the village was renamed *Danushavan*, in honor of [Danush Shahverdyan](/source/Danush_Shahverdyan), an Armenian [Old Bolshevik](/source/Old_Bolsheviks) and Soviet statesman who was born in Aygehat.[2] A [victim of Stalin's repressions](/source/Armenian_victims_of_the_Great_Purge), Shahverdyan had been posthumously [rehabilitated](/source/Rehabilitation_(Soviet)) on September 25, 1954.[3] The name Aygehat was restored in 1992.[4]

## Geography

The village is located 9 km (5.6 mi) south-west of the city of [Alaverdi](/source/Alaverdi%2C_Armenia) and 43 km (27 mi) northeast of the city of [Vanadzor](/source/Vanadzor). The village is located on the left bank of the [Debed river](/source/Debed) on a high plateau, 1.15 km above sea level.

## Economy and culture

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](/source/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](/source/Serbia), UNDP, and Armenia visited the construction site in [Hovnanadzor](/source/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](/source/Refugees_in_Armenia).

## Gallery

## Notable people

- [Simon Zavarian](/source/Simon_Zavarian)

- [Danush Shahverdyan](/source/Danush_Shahverdyan)

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Aygehat](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aygehat).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2011census_1-0)** [Statistical Committee of Armenia](/source/Statistical_Committee_of_Armenia). ["The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia"](https://www.armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf) (PDF).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Aslanyan, Arsham; Grgearyan, Hakob (1981). *Հայկական ՍՍՀ աշխարհագրական անունների համառոտ բառարան* (in Armenian). Yerevan: [Armenian Academy of Sciences](/source/Armenian_National_Academy_of_Sciences). p. 60.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Shakarian, Pietro A. (2025). [*Anastas Mikoyan: An Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin*](https://books.google.com/books?id=rTNgEQAAQBAJ). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 54. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0253073556](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0253073556).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kiesling, Brady. ["Rediscovering Armenia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080626205330/http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf) (PDF). Tigran Mets. p. 69. Archived from [the original](https://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf) (PDF) on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ecolur. ["Social and Ecological Problems of Odzun Enlargened Community Discussed - Ecolur"](https://www.ecolur.org/en/news/mining/13629/). *www.ecolur.org*. Retrieved 2025-09-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["New daily regulated reservoir to be built in Lori with Serbia's support"](https://armenpress.am/en/article/1224506). *Armenpress*. 2025-07-10. Retrieved 2025-09-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Strengthening Resilience in Lori Berd: Serbia-Funded UNDP Project Advances Water Infrastructure for Host Communities and Refugees"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250806034142/https://www.undp.org/armenia/news/strengthening-resilience-lori-berd-serbia-funded-undp-project-advances-water-infrastructure-host-communities-and-refugees). *UNDP*. Archived from [the original](https://www.undp.org/armenia/news/strengthening-resilience-lori-berd-serbia-funded-undp-project-advances-water-infrastructure-host-communities-and-refugees) on 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-09-29.

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