{{coord|40|28|03|N|44|47|53|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name =Lernanist |native_name =Լեռնանիստ |pushpin_map =Armenia |mapsize =150px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Armenia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Armenia|Marz (Province)]] |subdivision_name1 =[[Kotayk Province|Kotayk]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2018 |population_total = 2887 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = +4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = +5 |coordinates = {{coord|40|28|03|N|44|47|53|E|region:AM|display=inline}} |elevation_m = 1922 |area_code = |website = |image_skyline=File:Lernanist.jpg }} '''Lernanist''' ({{langx|hy|Լեռնանիստ}}, also [[Romanize]]d as '''Lerrnanist'''; formerly, '''Verin Akhta''' and '''Verkhnyaya Akhta''') is a village in the [[Kotayk Province]] of [[Armenia]]. It is home to the descendants of Armenian settlers from [[Van, Turkey|Van]] who survived the [[Armenian genocide]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hachikian Brothers Renovate Village Church in Memory of Their Father|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/05/hachikian-brothers-renovate-village-church-in-memory-of-their-father/|website=menianweekly.com|accessdate=20 February 2017|date=5 March 2013}}</ref>
== See also == *[[Kotayk Province]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{GEOnet2|32FA881E6D553774E0440003BA962ED3}} *[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} – World-Gazetteer.com *{{ArmenianCensus|178}} *[https://toptrip.info/en/lernanist-tourism-center-armenia Winter tourism center in Lernanist] {{Kotayk}}
[[Category:Populated places in Kotayk Province]]
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