Official Name: | Prestestranda |
Other Name: | Preststranda |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Norway Telemark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Telemark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Drangedal Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.58 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 1293 |
Population Density Km2: | 821 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3750 Drangedal |
Coordinates: | 59.0974°N 9.0588°W |
Elevation M: | 75 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Prestestranda is the administrative centre of Drangedal Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the northwestern end of the lake Øvre Toke, about to the southeast of the village of Bostrak and about to the northwest of the village of Henseid. Drangedal Church is located in the village.[2]
The 1.58km2 village has a population (2022) of 1,293 and a population density of .[3]
A railway station along the Sørlandsbanen railway line was built in the village in 1927.