Prestestranda

{{Short description|Village in Drangedal, Norway}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Prestestranda

|other_name = Preststranda

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|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Prestestranda i 2018.jpg

|image_caption = View of the village along the lake shore

|pushpin_map = Norway Telemark#Norway

|pushpin_label_position = top

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Eastern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Telemark

|subdivision_type3 = District

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|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Drangedal Municipality

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 1.58

|population_as_of = 2022

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 1293

|population_density_km2 = 821

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 3750 Drangedal

|coordinates = {{coord|59.09744|9.05879|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 75

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Prestestranda, Drangedal |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-30315/Norge/Vestfold%20og%20Telemark/Drangedal/Drangedal |access-date=2023-09-06 |publisher=yr.no}}}}

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 {{convert|12|km}} to the southeast of the village of Bostrak and about {{convert|12|km}} to the northwest of the village of Henseid. Drangedal Church is located in the village.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Prestestranda |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Prestestranda |date=2022-12-28 |editor-last=Lundbo |editor-first=Sten |language=no |accessdate=2023-09-06}}

The {{convert|1.58|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2022) of 1,293 and a population density of {{convert|821|PD/km2}}.{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2022-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}

A railway station along the Sørlandsbanen railway line was built in the village in 1927.