Kistrand
title: "Kistrand" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-finnmark", "porsanger-municipality", "populated-places-of-arctic-norway"] topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kistrand" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | no |
| se | |
| fkv | |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Kistrand.jpg |
| image_caption | View of a building in the village |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 13 |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| pushpin_map | Finnmark#Norway |
| pushpin_label | Kistrand |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Northern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Finnmark |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Vest-Finnmark |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Porsanger |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 9713 Russenes |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 34 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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no, se, or fkv 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 10 km southeast of the village of Olderfjord.
History
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.
References
References
- "Kistrand". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
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