Official Name: | Lora |
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: | Gudbrandsdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Lesja Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2666 Lora |
Coordinates: | 62.1424°N 8.6983°W |
Elevation M: | 619 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Lora is a village in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the confluence of the Lora river and the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. The Lordalen valley lies to the southwest of the village. The village lies midway between the village of Lesja and the village of Lesjaskog. The European route E136 highway and the Raumabanen railway line both run through the village. Lora has one gas station, a farm equipment repair shop, and two grocery stores. The area surrounding the village of Lora primarily consists of dairy and sheep farms.
The Lordalen valley starts at the village of Lora and it heads to the southwest, passing up through the seters, and into the Reinheimen National Park. The valley ends at a broad pass at an elevation of above sea level. Hiking over that high pass will lead into Skjåk municipality.