Lårdal (municipality)
Lårdal Municipality
Lårdal herad | |
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| Laardal herred (historic name) Laurdal herred (historic name) | |
View of the Lårdal landscape (c. 1885) | |
Telemark within Norway | |
Lårdal within Telemark | |
| Coordinates: 59°25′27″N 8°11′10″E / 59.42412°N 8.18619°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Telemark |
| District | Vest-Telemark |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Tokke Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Lårdal |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 288 km2 (111 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 1,929 |
| • Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lårdøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0833 |
Lårdal is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 288-square-kilometre (111 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area centered around the Lårdalen valley and it is now part of Tokke Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Lårdal.