Jrashen, Lori

Place in Lori, Armenia

Jrashen Ջրաշեն
Jrashen
40°47′15″N 44°11′50″E / 40.78750°N 44.19722°E / 40.78750; 44.19722
Country	Armenia
Province	Lori
Elevation	1,680 m (5,510 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,096

40°47′15″N 44°11′50″E / 40.78750°N 44.19722°E / 40.78750; 44.19722 Jrashen (Armenian: Ջրաշեն), formerly known as Vardnav), is a major village in the Lori Province of Armenia.

During the 1988 Armenian earthquake, an elementary school in Jrashen collapsed, killing 400 people. The precast floors were not well-connected to the walls.^[1]

References

^ McCullough, Heather (21 February 2007). "Interior Collapse at School in Spitak, Armenia, 1988". Natural Hazards Image Database. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

Jrashen, Lori at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia