Lardal
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| Lardal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vestfold | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0728 | ||
| Administrative centre | Svarstad | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Liv Grinde (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 286 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 278 km² (107.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 271 km² (104.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,386 | ||
| - Density | 9/km² (23.3/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 1.6 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 313 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
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| Website: www.lardal.kommune.no | |||
Lardal is a municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. It is divided into the parishes Svarstad, Styrvoll and Hem.
Lardal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Lagardalr. The first element is the genitive case of logr 'water; river' (here Numedalslågen). The last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. (See also > Larvik.)
Until 1889 the name was written "Laurdal".
[edit] Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved in 1992 and shows a hulder.
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