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14 October 2026 - 15:50 AMT

Armenia recovers 41 Lake Sevan plots worth AMD 613 million

As a result of measures taken by the Armenian Prosecutor’s Office and lawsuits filed to protect state interests and upheld by the courts, a total of 41 land plots along the shores of Lake Sevan have been returned to the state.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, proceedings carried out since December 2025 have resulted in real estate being returned to the possession and use of the Republic of Armenia and the Sevan National Park state non-commercial organization. The properties have a combined market-adjusted cadastral value of 613.739 million Armenian drams.

The recovered plots vary in both area and assessed cadastral value. Some have been returned to the national park for use, while the Republic of Armenia’s possession or ownership rights have been restored over others.

The Prosecutor’s Office provided detailed information on the recovered properties.

The first 33 plots along the shores of Lake Sevan have been returned to the possession and use of the Sevan National Park state non-commercial organization.

  1. A plot measuring 10,001.99 square meters has been returned to the national park, with a market-adjusted cadastral value of 68.356 million drams.
  2. An area of 7,753 square meters, valued at 52.986 million drams, has again been placed under the organization’s management.
  3. The recovered land also includes a 3,098.71-square-meter plot valued at 21.177 million drams.
  4. A plot measuring 3,349.91 square meters, with a cadastral value of 22.894 million drams, has been transferred to the national park’s possession and use.
  5. A small plot of 10 square meters, valued at 68,000 drams, has also been returned to the state non-commercial organization.
  6. A 1,600-square-meter plot on the shore of Lake Sevan has again been placed under the national park’s use. Its cadastral value is 10.934 million drams.
  7. The national park’s possession and use of a 200-square-meter plot have been restored. The property is valued at 1.366 million drams.
  8. Another plot returned to the national park measures 700 square meters and has a market-adjusted cadastral value of 554,000 drams.
  9. An area of 500 square meters, valued at 396,000 drams, has again been transferred to the organization’s use.
  10. The list of recovered properties includes another 700-square-meter plot with a cadastral value of 554,000 drams.
  11. A 380-square-meter area, valued at 301,000 drams, has been returned to the national park’s possession.
  12. Another plot measuring 500 square meters, with a market-adjusted cadastral value of 257,000 drams, has been placed under the organization’s management.
  13. A 100-square-meter plot, with a cadastral value of 51,000 drams, has also been recovered.
  14. One of the largest plots transferred to the national park measures 12,238.93 square meters. Its market-adjusted cadastral value is estimated at 83.644 million drams.
  15. A 700-square-meter plot, valued at 4.784 million drams, has been returned to the organization’s possession and use.
  16. One of the recovered plots measures 1,641.83 square meters and has a cadastral value of 11.222 million drams.
  17. A 2,200-square-meter plot, valued at 15.035 million drams, has again been placed under the national park’s use.
  18. The organization’s possession and use of a 1,949.82-square-meter plot have been restored. The property’s cadastral value is 13.325 million drams.
  19. An area of 1,100 square meters, valued at 7.517 million drams, has been returned to the national park.
  20. One of the recovered plots measures 6,259.91 square meters and has a market-adjusted cadastral value of 42.782 million drams.
  21. A plot measuring 8,741.5 square meters, with an assessed value of 59.742 million drams, has also been transferred to the organization’s possession and use.
  22. A 600-square-meter plot returned to the national park has a cadastral value of 9.705 million drams.
  23. An area of 650 square meters, valued at 10.514 million drams, has again been placed under the management of the state non-commercial organization.
  24. A plot measuring 760.23 square meters, with a market-adjusted cadastral value of 12.297 million drams, has been recovered.
  25. An area of 472.9 square meters, valued at 7.649 million drams, has been transferred to the national park’s use.
  26. A 789.21-square-meter plot, with a cadastral value of 12.766 million drams, has been returned to the organization’s possession and use.
  27. One of the recovered plots measures 500 square meters and has an assessed value of 8.088 million drams.
  28. An area of 750 square meters, with a market-adjusted cadastral value of 12.132 million drams, has again been transferred to the national park.
  29. A 70-square-meter plot, valued at 1.132 million drams, has been returned to the organization’s use.
  30. Another area measuring 700 square meters, with a cadastral value of 235,000 drams, has been placed under the national park’s possession.
  31. The list of recovered properties also includes a 65-square-meter plot valued at 21,000 drams.
  32. A plot measuring 1,479.25 square meters, with a market-adjusted cadastral value of 1.171 million drams, has again been transferred to the organization’s management.
  33. Another plot returned to the national park measures 250 square meters and has a cadastral value of 198,000 drams.
  34. In addition to the land returned to the possession and use of Sevan National Park, prosecutorial measures have also resolved several issues concerning the Republic of Armenia’s ownership and possession rights.
  35. The Republic of Armenia’s ownership rights have been registered over a 15,000-square-meter plot and the buildings and structures constructed on it, located northeast of Tsovazard village in Gegharkunik Province, on the right side of the Sevan-Gavar highway. The property’s market-adjusted cadastral value is 13.068 million drams.
  36. A 25,000-square-meter plot in the Lake Sevan coastal zone, with an assessed value of 12.870 million drams, has been returned to the possession of the Republic of Armenia.
  37. A 765-square-meter plot, with a cadastral value of 5.228 million drams, has again been placed under state possession.
  38. An area of 3,400 square meters along the shores of Lake Sevan has been returned to the Republic of Armenia. Its market-adjusted cadastral value is 23.236 million drams.
  39. A plot measuring 3,000 square meters, valued at 20.502 million drams, has been transferred to state possession.
  40. Another plot returned to the Republic of Armenia measures 450 square meters and has a cadastral value of 3.075 million drams.
  41. A further 3,000-square-meter plot, with an assessed value of 20.502 million drams, has again been placed under state possession.
  42. The final recovered plot measures 3,100 square meters. This property, located along the shores of Lake Sevan, has a market-adjusted cadastral value estimated at 21.186 million drams.

Thus, as a result of prosecutorial measures and court proceedings initiated to protect state interests, 41 plots along the shores of Lake Sevan have been returned to the possession and use of the Republic of Armenia and the Sevan National Park state non-commercial organization, while state ownership rights have been registered over one property.

The recovered properties have a combined market-adjusted cadastral value of 613.739 million drams.