- Lardal
Infobox_Kommune
name=Lardal
idnumber=0728
county=Vestfold
landscape=
capital=Svarstad
governor=Liv Grinde (Ap)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=286
area=278
arealand=271
areapercent=0.09
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=313
population=2,386
populationpercent=0.05
populationdensity=9
populationincrease=1.6
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=22| lat_sec=56| lon_deg=9| lon_min=54| lon_sec=19
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6582985 |utm_easting=0551439| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.lardal.kommune.noLardal is a municipality in the county of Vestfold,
Norway . It is divided into the parishesSvarstad ,Styrvoll andHem .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 "logr" 'water; river' (here
Numedalslågen ). The last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dale'. (See also >Larvik .)Until 1889 the name was written "Laurdal".
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved in
1992 and shows ahulder .
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