Official Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Kistrand |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Porsanger |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9713 Russenes |
Coordinates: | 70.4383°N 25.1994°W |
Elevation M: | 34 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
,, or [2] is a village in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the eastern side of the Porsanger Peninsula, along the western shore of the Porsangerfjorden. The village lies along the European route E06 highway, about southeast of the village of Olderfjord.
Kistrand was the name of Porsanger Municipality from 1 January 1838 until 1 January 1964 when it was changed to Porsanger. The municipality was named after the parish of Kistrand, based at the Kistrand Church which is in this village. Originally (in 1838), Kistrand municipality was very large and it encompassed the present-day municipalities of Porsanger, Nordkapp, Kautokeino, and Karasjok.[3]