Øyslebø og Laudal
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Øyslebø og Laudal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway.
It was created in 1837 as Øyslebø og Laudal formannskapsdistrikt. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 1,895.
On 1 January 1899 Øyslebø og Laudal was split to create two municipalities: Øyslebø with a population of 991 and Laudal with a population of 836. These two municipalities later merged with the majority of Bjelland and a portion of Finsland to form the new municipality Marnardal.
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- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". (Norwegian)
- Registreringssentral for historiske data. Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960. University of Tromsø. (Norwegian)