Luro or Lygra is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

Alver Municipality Alver is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Knarvik. Other villages include Alversund, Alver, Isdalstø, Lindå ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

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. The island sits in the Lurefjorden which cuts into the Lindås peninsula. There is one road on the island that continues over a short bridge onto the mainland. The bridge was built in 1972. The island has been the site of

Lygra Church Lygra Church ( no, Lygra kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Luro, Hordaland, Luro. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which i ...

since the

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. There are

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tombstones that are still standing on the island. The Heathland Centre is located on Lygra. It is an information centre about the cultural landscape in this coastal area. There are nearly of heathland that are managed in traditional ways by local farmers.

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Islands of Vestland Alver (municipality) {{Vestland-island-stub

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