Vestoppland is a traditional district in Innlandet, Norway.
The name, Western Uplands, stems from a time when the district was the western part of the Uplands. It now consists of the districts Land, Hadeland, Toten and Gjøvik (which itself consists of Gjøvik city and Tverrdalene).
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Vardal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 273-square-kilometre (105 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Gjøvik Municipality and Vestre Toten Municipality in the traditional district of Vestoppland. The administrative centre was the village of Vardal where Vardal Church was located. Other villages in the municipality included Bybrua and Øverbygda.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 272.9-square-kilometre (105.4 sq mi) municipality was the 301st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Vardal Municipality was the 76th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 9,584. The municipality's population density was 35.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (91/sq mi) and its population had increased by3.3 % over the previous 10-year period.