Goris Municipality

Goris Municipality, referred to as Goris Community (Armenian: Գորիս Համայնք Goris Hamaynk), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the town of Goris.^[1]

Goris Գորիս
Urban Community
Coordinates: 39°30′N 46°21′E
Country	Armenia
Province	Syunik
Formed	17 June 2016
Administrative centre	Goris
Government
• Mayor	Arush Arushanyan
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	29,173
Time zone	AMT (UTC+04)
Postal code	3201–3519
ISO 3166 code	AM-SU
FIPS 10-4	AM08

Included settlements

Settlement	Type	Population (2011 census)[2]
Goris	Town, administrative centre	20,591
Akner	Village	1,374
Hartashen	Village	717
Karahunj	Village	1,365
Khndzoresk	Village	2,070
Nerkin Khndzoresk	Village	276
Shurnukh	Village	207
Verishen	Village	2,264
Vorotan	Village	309
Aghbulagh	Abandoned village	0
Dzorak	Abandoned village	0
Vanand	Abandoned village	0

Politics

Goris Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Գորիսի համայնքապետարան, Gorisi hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Goris Municipality, consisting of 21 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in October 2021. Arush Arushanyan of Arush Arushanyan alliance was elected mayor.

Party		2021	Current Municipal Assembly
	Arush Arushanyan alliance	13
	Civil Contract	7
	Armenian National Congress	1
Total		21

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.

Arush Arushanyan alliance is an alliance between Reborn Armenia and National Agenda Party.

See also

• Syunik Province