Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi | |
Native Name: | Մեծ Շեն / Böyük Qaladərəsi |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Frame-Width: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Shusha |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 116 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6583°N 46.6019°W |
Mets Shen (hy|Մեծ Շեն) or Boyuk Galadarasi (az|Böyük Qaladərəsi) is a village located in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
The village was known as Metskaladeresi (ru|Мецкаладереси) during the Soviet period.[4]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Parin Pizh (hy|Պարին Պիժ) built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 92 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 116 inhabitants in 2015.[1]