Areni Municipality, referred to as Areni Community (Armenian: Արենի Համայնք Areni Hamaynk), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeast of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the village of Areni.

Included settlements

SettlementTypePopulation (2018 census)
AreniVillage, administrative centre1,968
AgarakadzorVillage1,432
AghavnadzorVillage1,978
ArpiVillage1,167
ChivaVillage823
GnishikVillage66
KhachikVillage926
MozrovVillage281
RindVillage1,502
YelpinVillage1,128
AmaghuAbandoned village0

Politics

Areni Municipal Assembly (Armenian: Արենիի համայնքապետարան, Areni hamaynqapetaran) is the representative body in Kajaran Municipality, consisting of 15 members which are elected every five years. The last election was held in September 2022. Husik Sahakyan of Civil Contract party was elected mayor.

Party2022Current Municipal Assembly
Civil Contract13
Hanrapetutyun Party2
Total15

Ruling coalition or party marked in bold.