Marnardal

Marnardal Municipality
Marnardal kommune
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Marnardal within Vest-Agder
Marnardal within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°14′34″N 07°29′49″E / 58.24278°N 7.49694°E / 58.24278; 7.49694
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1964
 • Preceded byLaudal and Øyslebø municipalities
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byLindesnes Municipality
Administrative centreHeddeland
Government
 • Mayor (2007-2019)Helge Sandåker (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
395.01 km2 (152.51 sq mi)
 • Land375.89 km2 (145.13 sq mi)
 • Water19.12 km2 (7.38 sq mi)
 • Rank#240 in Norway
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
2,309
 • Rank#306 in Norway
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +7.5%
DemonymMarnardøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1021[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Marnardal is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. It existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged into Lindesnes Municipality in what is now Agder county. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Heddeland. Other villages in Marnardal include Bjelland, Breland, Koland, Laudal, and Øyslebø.

The Sørlandet Railway Line runs through the municipality stopping at Breland Station and Marnardal Station.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 395-square-kilometre (153 sq mi) municipality is the 240th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Marnardal is the 306th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,309. The municipality's population density is 6.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (16/sq mi) and its population has increased by 7.5% over the last decade.[4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2017.