Myre
Myre is the administrative centre of Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,300 residents
- Description: settlement in Øksnes Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Myre, Øksnes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Myre Church.
Myre Church
Church
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Myre Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myre in the northern part of the island of Langøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alsvåg and Nyksund.
Alsvåg
Village
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Alsvåg is a village in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the western bank of the Gavlfjorden on the island of Langøya and about 8 kilometres east of the municipal centre of Myre. Alsvåg Church is located in this village. Alsvåg is situated 8 km east of Myre.
Nyksund
Village
Photo: Arnejohs, Public domain.
Nyksund is a coastal fishing village in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northern part of the island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Stø. Nyksund is situated 9 km north of Myre.
Myre
- Categories: urban area in Norway, administrative center, and locality
- Location: Øksnes, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.91489° or 68° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
15.08908° or 15° 5′ 21″ eastPopulation
2,300United Nations Location Code
NO MYOOpen location code
9FWQW37Q+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1510145398OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3232860Wikidata ID
Q1897127
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Myre” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Myre”
- Cebuano: “Myre (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Myre”
- Chinese: “彌勒”
- Danish: “Myre”
- Dutch: “Myre”
- Finnish: “Myre”
- French: “Myre”
- German: “Myre”
- Italian: “Myre”
- Javanese: “Myre, Øksnes”
- Javanese: “Myre”
- Malay: “Myre, Øksnes”
- Malay: “Myre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Myre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Myre”
- Norwegian: “Myre”
- Romanian: “Myre”
- Russian: “Мюре”
- Spanish: “Myre”
- Swedish: “Myre, Norge”
- Swedish: “Myre”
- Urdu: “مائرے، اوکسنیس”
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