Laudal (municipality)

Laudal Municipality
Laudal herred
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Laudal within Vest-Agder
Laudal within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°14′49″N 07°30′16″E / 58.24694°N 7.50444°E / 58.24694; 7.50444
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1899
 • Preceded byØyslebø og Laudal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byMarnardal Municipality
Administrative centreLaudal
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
560
 • Density6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
DemonymLaudøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1022[2]

Laudal is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 93-square-kilometre (36 sq mi) municipality existed from 1899 until 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Laudal where Laudal Church is located. The municipality encompassed part of what is now the municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Laudal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2016.