Odzun

Odzun () is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is situated on a plateau above the left bank of the Debed river gorge, about a thousand metres above the Yerevan–Tbilisi highway, a few kilometres south of the town of Alaverdi. It is famous for the 5th–7th century Odzun Church, an Armenian basilica with a cupola, overlooking the gorge.

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Settlement.official_name: Odzun
Settlement.native_name: Օձուն
Settlement.native_name_lang: hy
Settlement.image_skyline: Odzoun-Vue générale (1).jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Armenia
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lori
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 4,048
Settlement.area_total_km2: 5.32
Settlement.timezone: AMT
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.elevation_m: 1100

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Population: 1787
Elevation: 1100
Official website: odzun.am
Image: Odzoun-Vue générale (1).jpg

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== Toponymy == According to one explanation, the name of the village derives from the Armenian word 'snake'; thus, Odzun means 'having many snakes' or 'place of snakes'. The name of the village is attested in various forms, such as Otsun, Ozun, Adzun and Udzun. Turkic speakers called the village Uzunlar, formed by etymological reinterpretation of the Armenian name (uzun means 'tall' or 'long', and -lar is a plural-forming suffix). The village was officially known by this latter name from the beginning of the 19th century until 1967, when it was renamed Odzun.