Leira, Ørsta

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Image of Leira, christmas 2005
Image of Leira, christmas 2005

Leira is a small village in the municipality of Ørsta. It lays between Bjørke and Viddal, in the end of Hjørundfjorden. It lives about 15-20 peoples there now, many of the people that lived there before have moved to the bigger cities because there is no stores there, the closest is in Volda, a 45 minutes drive from there. The people in Leira mainly make there living in farming, but some of them have other jobs too.