Polmak
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| Polmak herred | |
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| — Former Municipality — | |
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 Polmak herred
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| Coordinates: 70°04′11″N 28°00′40″E / 70.06972°N 28.01111°ECoordinates: 70°04′11″N 28°00′40″E / 70.06972°N 28.01111°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Nord-Norge |
| Municipality ID | NO-2026 |
| Adm. Center | Polmak |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 2,257 km2 (871.4 sq mi) |
| Created from | Nesseby in 1903 |
| Merged into | Tana in 1964 |
Polmak (Northern Sami: Buolbmát and Finnish: Pulmanki) is a village and a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Tana. It stretched from Leavvajohka in the west to Polmak village in the east and then on both sides of the Tana River north river to the Tana Bridge.[1]
[edit] History
The municipality was established on 1 January 1903 when it was split from the municipality of Nesseby. At that time, it had a population of 450. On 1 January 1964, Polmak (population: 1,072) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Tana.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Polmak – kommune" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. http://www.snl.no/Polmak/kommune. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
[edit] External links
- Finnmark travel guide from Wikitravel
- Weather information for Polmak (Norwegian)
