Laudal
Laudal is a village in Marnardal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Mandalselva river, about south of the village of Bjelland and about north of the village of Øyslebø. The village of Laudal has 191 residents. 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 is named after the old Laudal farm, 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, and the last element means "valley". Therefore, the name means "Laug river valley".
