Mrgashen (Armenian: Մրգաշեն; until 1964, "the village attached to Sovkhoz No.

Mrgashen was officially founded in March 1960 around the state-owned collective farm, or Sovkhoz No.

The local economy is highly dependent on agriculture, based primarily on orchard cultivation and pig or cattle breeding.

The community currently has a school, kindergarten, house of culture (seating for 300), medical station (with six employees), and a library.

Sixty percent of households receive natural gas, and drinking water for the village comes from the Arzakan-Yerevan network, while water for irrigation comes from the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct.