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Lardal (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɑ̂rdɑːɫ])[3] is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svarstad. The parish of Laurdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality was divided into the parishes of Svarstad, Styrvoll, and Hem.
Lardal kommune | |
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Municipality | |
 Coat of arms  Vestfold within Norway | |
 Lardal within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°22′56″N 9°54′19″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| Administrative centre | Svarstad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Knut Olav Omholt (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 278 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| • Land | 271 km2 (105 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #286 in Norway |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 2,463 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Lardøling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0728 |
| Website | Official website |
As a part of Norway's nationwide municipal reform, Lardal was merged into Larvik on 1 January 2018.
Pikstein, the highest point in Lardal, is located in westernmost Lardal at the border to Buskerud County.[4]
General information
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Lagardalr. The first element is the genitive case of lǫgr meaning "water" or "river" (here the Numedalslågen river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Prior to 1889, the name was spelled "Laurdal".[5]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 July 1992. It was designed by Arvid Steen. The arms show a golden hulder on a red background. The hulder is a part of old Scandinavian folklore. This was chosen to represent the large forested areas in Lardal that were said to be inhabited by hulder.[6]
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland | 41 |
 Lithuania | 35 |
 Bosnia | 22 |
Churches
Hem church
Styrvoll church
Svarstad church
References
- "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). p. 194.
- Larsen, Erlend (2011). På Tur i Vestfold del 2. E-forlag. Page 172. ISBN 9788293057222.
- Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (in Norwegian) (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 367–368.
- "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Lardal kommuner. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
Media related to Lardal at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Lardal at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Vestfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
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На других языках
- [en] Lardal
[ru] Лардал
Лардал (норв. Lardal) — коммуна в губернии Вестфолл в Норвегии. Административный центр коммуны — город Сварстад. Официальный язык коммуны — букмол. Население коммуны на 2007 год составляло 2383 человек. Площадь коммуны Лардал — 277,65 км², код-идентификатор — 0728.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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