Lardal
Lardal Municipality
Lardal kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Vestfold within Norway | |
 Lardal within Vestfold | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| Administrative centre | Svarstad |
| Government | |
| • Governor (2007) | Liv Grinde (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 278 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| • Land | 271 km2 (105 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #286 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 2,386 |
| • Rank | #313 in Norway |
| • Density | 9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +1.6% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0728[2] |
| Website | Official website |
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Lardal is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. It is divided into the parishes Svarstad, Styrvoll and Hem.
The parish of Laurdal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The name
The Norse form of the name was Lagardalr. The first element is the genitive case of lögr m 'water; river' (here Numedalslågen). The last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. (See also > Larvik and Lårdal.)
Until 1889 the name was written "Laurdal".
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved in 1992 and shows a hulder.
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- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.