Noragyugh
Yerevan's old "new village"
Noragyugh is a historic neighbourhood of Yerevan in the Kentron district, its name meaning "new village" in Armenian. Once one of the villages beside the Yerevan fortress, it is now a low-rise, almost rural pocket of the capital.
What is this place
Noragyugh is a historic neighbourhood of Yerevan in the Kentron district, its name meaning "new village" in Armenian. Once one of the villages beside the Yerevan fortress, it is now a low-rise, almost rural pocket of the capital.
The name Noragyugh (Նորագյուղ) joins two Armenian words, nor (new) and gyugh (village), and carries a quiet irony: this "new village" has long been one of Yerevan's oldest neighbourhoods. Together with Nork and Dzoragyugh, it was among the settlements that ringed the Yerevan fortress and gradually merged into the growing city. Today Noragyugh sits within the central Kentron district, at roughly 983 metres above sea level.
For a traveller, Noragyugh is interesting above all for its scale. Among the broad avenues and tower blocks of the centre it has kept a low, almost village-like fabric and an unhurried rhythm. Here the capital, for a few blocks, remembers its rural past, offering a different, more homely Yerevan.
The neighbourhood's future is an open question. In January 2026 the Armenian government approved a major redevelopment plan for the area, "New Yerevan", which would replace the historic district with high-rise construction. That makes seeing the old Noragyugh as it is today all the more worthwhile.
Places nearby
Biainili Vault in Yerevan
An ancient burial vault from the world of Biainili - the land we now call Urartu - resting beneath modern Yerevan.
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Erebuni Museum
An archaeological museum-reserve at the foot of the Erebuni fortress — the Urartian stronghold from which Yerevan traces its very beginning.
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Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
Yerevan's great archive of Armenian letters, named for the poet Yeghishe Charents. Where a nation keeps the manuscripts of its writers.
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Tsitsernakaberd
Armenia's hilltop memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide — an eternal flame, a soaring stele and a place of quiet remembrance above Yerevan.
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Stay in Noragyugh
Ready routes through Noragyugh
A loft in old Yerevan
A loft in historic stone cellars, 5 minutes from the Cascade. Breakfast with gata and matnakash. Unlimited coffee.
Gyumri → Yerevan
From Shirak Airport or central Gyumri to Yerevan. Handy for those arriving on a direct flight from Moscow.
Zvartnots Airport → central Yerevan
A name-board meet at arrivals, a fixed price, no meter. Any vehicle class; a 7-seat minivan with no luggage surcharge.