Alta-Talvik Municipality
Alta-Talvik Municipality
Alta-Talvik herred Alten-Talvig (historic) | |
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 Finnmark within Norway | |
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| Coordinates: 69°58′07″N 23°16′17″E / 69.96861°N 23.27139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Vest-Finnmark |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1863 |
| • Succeeded by | Alta and Talvik in 1863 |
| Administrative centre | Alta |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 3,849.47 km2 (1,486.29 sq mi) |
| Population (1863) | |
| • Total | 4,380 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Altaværing Talvikværing Talviking[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2012[2] |
Alta-Talvik (or the historic: Alten-Talvig) is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 3,849-square-kilometre (1,486 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1863. It was located along the Altafjorden and the river Altaelva with the same borders as the present-day Alta Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Alta (in 2000, the village was declared a town). The European route E6 highway runs through the area today.[3]
History
The parish of Alten-Talvig was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the area had a population of 3,085.[4] In 1863, the municipality of Alten-Talvig was dissolved and its area was split to create two new municipalities: Alten (population: 2,442) in the south and Talvig (population: 1,938) in the north. The two municipalities lasted for 101 years independently. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Talvik and Alta were merged back together to form the present-day Alta Municipality.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2009-02-09). "Alta-Talvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Finnmark 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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External links
Alta travel guide from Wikivoyage
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