Official Name: | Myra |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Østre Agder |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vegårshei |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.92 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Total: | 781 |
Population Density Km2: | 849 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4985 Vegårshei |
Coordinates: | 58.7492°N 8.8625°W |
Elevation M: | 174 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Myra is the administrative centre of the municipality of Vegårshei in Agder, Norway. The village is located along the river Storelva, which flows out of the large Vegår lake, just to the north. The 0.92km2 village has a population (2017) of 781 which gives the village a population density of .[2]
Myra sits at the junction of the Norwegian County Road 414 and Norwegian County Road 416. 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.[3]