Laudal

{{about|the village in Lindesnes, Norway|the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway|Laudal (municipality)}}

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Laudal

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|settlement_type = Village

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|image_caption = View of the village

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Southern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Agder

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Lindesnes

|timezone1 = CET

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|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 4534 Marnardal

|elevation_m = 38

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Laudal, Marnardal (Vest-Agder)|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Vest-Agder/Marnardal/Laudal~1371/|publisher=yr.no|accessdate=22 November 2016}}

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Laudal is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Mandalselva river, about {{convert|15|km}} south of the village of Bjelland and about {{convert|9|km}} north of the village of Øyslebø. The village of Laudal has 191 residents (2001).{{Cite journal|title=Folke- og boligtelling 2001. 1021 Marnardal.|author=Statistisk sentralbyrå|language=Norwegian|url=http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/1021/fob_1021_tabeller.pdf|date=2001|author-link=Statistics Norway}} 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".{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|url=http://www.snl.no/Laudal|title=Laudal|accessdate=9 November 2009}}{{Cite book|title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt|edition=9|author-link=Oluf Rygh|last=Rygh|first=Oluf|publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri|date=1912|location=Kristiania, Norge|pages=99|url=http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=144079&avid=32561|language=Norwegian}}

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