Myra is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality of

Vegårshei Vegårshei is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Myra. Other villages in Vegårshei include Mo and Ubergsmoen. The municipality is the ...

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located along the river Storelva, which flows out of the large

Vegår Vegår is a lake in the municipality of Vegårshei in Agder county, Norway. The lake is located about north of the municipal center of Myra and about east of the village of Åmli in the neighboring municipality of Åmli. The three largest pa ...

lake, just to the north. The village has a population (2017) of 781 which gives the village a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of . Myra sits at the junction of the Norwegian County Road 414 and

Norwegian County Road 416 Norwegian county road 416 (Fv416) is a Norwegian county road in Agder county, Norway. The road runs between the town of Risør in Risør municipality and the Norwegian County Road 414 in the village of Myra in Vegårshei Vegårshei is a m ...

. The Sørlandsbanen railway line stops just north of Myra at Vegårshei Station. As the administrative centre of Vegårshei, the government offices are located here along with a school and

Vegårshei Church Vegårshei Church ( no, Vegårshei kirke, locally: ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vegårshei Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myra. It is the church for the Vegårshei parish which is part o ...

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Villages in Agder Vegårshei {{Agder-geo-stub