Kysnesstranda Explained

Official Name:Kysnesstranda
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Vestland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Western Norway
Subdivision Name2:Vestland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Hardanger
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Ullensvang
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:5626 Kysnesstrand
Elevation M:20
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:60.2042°N 6.1136°W

Kysnesstranda is a village in the Ullensvang municipality, Vestland county, Norway. The village lies along the southern shore of the Hardangerfjorden. The village lies about south of the village of Jondal.

History

Kysnesstranda was historically part of the old municipality of Strandebarm. Strandebarm included territory on both sides of the Hardangerfjorden. In 1826, the most of Strandebarm located east of the fjord was separated from Strandebarm to create the new municipality Ullensvang; however, the village of Kysnesstranda and the area surrounding it remained a part of Strandebarm despite its location on the east side of the fjord. On 1 January 1964, when Strandebarm municipality was merged into the neighboring municipality of Kvam, the Kysnesstranda area was merged into Jondal. Kysnesstranda had 100 inhabitants at that time.[2] Then in 2020, all of Jondal was merged into Ullensvang Municipality.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kysnesstranda, Jondal (Hordaland). yr.no. Norwegian. 2014-06-19.
  2. Web site: Dag. Jukvam. Statistisk sentralbyrå. Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. 1999. Norwegian.