Lardal
Lardal Municipality
Lardal kommune | |
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| Lardal herred (historic name) | |
View of the Svarstad area | |
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Vestfold within Norway | |
Lardal within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°22′56″N 9°54′19″E / 59.38222°N 9.90528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Larvik |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2018 |
| • Succeeded by | Larvik Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Svarstad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015-2017) | Knut Olav Omholt (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 278 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| • Land | 271 km2 (105 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 2,463 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lardøling |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0728 |
Lardal (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɑ̂rdɑːɫ]) is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 278-square-kilometre (107 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2018. The area is now part of Larvik Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Svarstad. The village of Steinsholt was also part of Lardal.
The highest point in Lardal is Pikstein, which is located in western Lardal along the Buskerud county border.