Årdal Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Vestland
- District
- Sogn
- Preceded by
- Lærdal Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Årdalstangen
- Mayor 2023
- Christian Sønstlien ( Ap )
- Total
- 976.58 km (377.06 sq mi)
- Land
- 930.05 km (359.09 sq mi)
- Water
- 46.53 km (17.97 sq mi) 4.8%
- Rank
- # 119 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 2,402.12 m (7,881.0 ft)
- Density
- 5.3/km (14/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −4.7%
- Demonym
- Årdøl
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-4643
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- årdøl
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Vestland
- Capital
- Årdalstangen
- Population
- 5178
- Area
- 0.53
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Lærdal Municipality
- Official website
- www.ardal.kommune.no
- Image
- Øvre Årdal.jpg
- Households
- 88
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- Commons category
- Årdal
- topic's main category
- Category:Årdal
- separated from
- Lærdal Municipality
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1863-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Årdal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Årdalsfjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is the administrative center of the municipality. Other villages in the municipality include Øvre Årdal, Indre Offerdal, and Seimsdalen. Årdal Municipality was established in 1863 when it was separated from Lærdal Municipality.
The 976.58-square-kilometre (377.06 sq mi) municipality is the 119th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Årdal Municipaltiy is the 181st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,213. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Årdal Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.