Sira (Norway)
Sira or Åna-Sira is a place ( Tettstad ) in Norway on the river of the same name and belongs to the municipality of Flekkefjord in the province of Agder .
Sira is close to the European route 39 between Flekkefjord and Moi. To the east of Moi , the historic path leads via Tronåsen over the Bakke bru suspension bridge , built in 1844, to the town. About 790 people live in Sira. In addition to a primary school, there is a train station on Sørlandsbane , which runs from Oslo to Stavanger . The disused Flekkefjordbane can be accessed with a railroad trolley . In the village there is also a wooden cruciform church built in 1670, the Bakke Kirke and the Åna-Sira Kirke , built in 1888 , worth seeing.
Nearby is the pagan altar in Ersdal .
Web links
- Sira on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Coordinates: 58 ° 25 ' N , 6 ° 40' E