a municipality in armenia referred to as community ( "hamaynk", plural: "hamaynkner"), is an administrative subdivision consisting of a settlement ( "bnakavayr") or a group of settlements ( "bnakavayrer") that enjoys local self-government. the settlements are classified as either towns ( "kaghakner", singular "kaghak") or villages ( "gyugher", singular ( "gyugh"). the administrative centre of a community could either be an urban settlement (town) or a rural settlement (village).