Official Name: | Leira |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Valdres |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Nord-Aurdal Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.13 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 927 |
Population Density Km2: | 817 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2920 Leira i Valdres |
Coordinates: | 60.9701°N 9.2949°W |
Elevation M: | 372 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Leira or Leira i Valdres is a village in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Begna, about to the southeast of the town of Fagernes.
The European route E16 highway runs through the village. The village of Aurdal lies about to the southeast and the village of Skrautvål lies about to the northeast (on the other side of the town of Fagernes).[2]
The 1.13km2 village has a population (2021) of 927 and a population density of .[3]
The place is named after the river Leira. The name of the river is derived from leire which means "clay". Leira is a common name of rivers many places in Norway.