Laudal

This article is about the village in Lindesnes, Norway. For the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway, see Laudal (municipality).

Laudal
Village
Laudal is located in Agder
Laudal
Laudal
Location of the village
Laudal is located in Norway
Laudal
Laudal
Laudal (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°14′56″N 07°30′08″E / 58.24889°N 7.50222°E / 58.24889; 7.50222
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAgder
MunicipalityLindesnes
Elevation
[1]
38 m (125 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4534 Marnardal

Laudal is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Mandalselva river, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the village of Bjelland and about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the village of Øyslebø. The village of Laudal has 191 residents (2001).[2] Laudal was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Laudal which existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. Laudal Church is located in the small village.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Laudal farm (Old Norse: Laugardalr), since that is the location of the church. The first element of the name of the farm comes from the old name for the river, Laug, (now the Lågåna river) and the last element (Old Norse: dalr) means "valley". Therefore, the name means "Laug river valley".[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Laudal, Marnardal (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "Folke- og boligtelling 2001. 1021 Marnardal" (PDF) (in Norwegian). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Laudal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 99.