Prestestranda

The lower part of Prestestranda as seen from the cemetery. In the background the boat harbor on Toke .

Drangedal train station

The Drangedal kirke

Prestestranda is a Norwegian small town and Tettsted and the administrative center of the Drangedal municipality in Fylke Vestfold og Telemark .

The place has an area of ​​1.83 km² and had 1273 inhabitants on January 1, 2012. Prestestranda means something like “beach of the parish” and is often referred to by the locals as “Stranna”.

The main church of Drangdal high above the beach at the northern end of the Toke was built in 1775 as a parish church and has 400 seats. In 1927 the place got a connection to the Sørlandsbane with a station building .

Web links

• Prestestranda on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
• Drangedal Commune

Individual evidence

1. ^ Statistics Norway: Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter commune. January 1, 2012 . January 12, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

Coordinates: 59 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 3'  E