Myra is the
administrative centre
An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of the municipality of
Vegårshei in
Agder
Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...
,
Norway
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. The village is located along the river Storelva, which flows out of the large
Vegår lake, just to the north. The village has a population (2017) of 781 which gives the village a
population density
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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 Risør (town), town of Risør in Risør municipality and the Norwegian County Road 414 in the village of Myra, Norway, Myra in Veg ...
. 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.
References
Villages in Agder
Vegårshei
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