title: Mets Sepasar
text: # Mets Sepasar
  
  41°02′57″N 43°49′24″E﻿ / ﻿41.04917°N 43.82333°E﻿ / 41.04917; 43.82333
  
  Mets Sepasar (Armenian: Մեծ Սեպասար) is a village in the Ashotsk Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The village was previously known as Shishtapa mets (Շիշթափա մեծ), Shishtapa I (Շիշթափա I), and Shishtapa-hay (Շիշթափա-հայ).
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:
  
  | Year | Population | Note |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1831 | 64 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1873 | 281 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1886 | 396 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1897 | 620 | 610 Armenians, 10 others, 316 males |
  | 1904 | 750 | Mostly Armenian |
  | 1914 | 863 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1916 | 796 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1919 | 1,300 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1922 | 738 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1926 | 893 | 884 Armenians, 9 Russians, 445 males |
  | 1931 | 997 | 100% Armenian |
  | 1939 | 1,161 | |
  | 1959 | 761 | |
  | 1978 | 846 | |
  | 1989 | 930 | |
  | 2001 | 900 | |
  | 2004 | 926 | |
  