Noratus
Sign in to saveNoratus () is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. The village has a rich historical past, and is famous for the Noratus cemetery, the largest surviving cemetery in the world featuring khachkars.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Noratus
- Settlement.native_name
- Նորատուս
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Noratus by Ohannes.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A view of Noratus
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia#Gegharkunik
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gegharkunik
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gavar
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Murad Harutyunyan
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 6,732
- Settlement.timezone
- AMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Noratus () is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. The village has a rich historical past, and is famous for the Noratus cemetery, the largest surviving cemetery in the world featuring khachkars.
== History == Khachkars in Noratus cemetery|thumb|left Noratus is first mentioned as a settlement in the Middle Ages, when it was a much larger settlement. The bronze-age megalithic fort near the village points to the notion that Noratus is one of the most ancient continuously inhabited settlements in Armenia.