Alta-Talvik
Alta-Talvik herred Alten-Talvig (historic) | ||
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Former municipality | ||
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Alta-Talvik within Finnmark | ||
Coordinates: 69°58′07″N 23°16′17″E / 69.96861°N 23.27139°E / 69.96861; 23.27139Coordinates: 69°58′07″N 23°16′17″E / 69.96861°N 23.27139°E / 69.96861; 23.27139 | ||
Country | Norway | |
County | Finnmark | |
District | Vest-Finnmark | |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 | |
Disestablished | 1863 | |
Administrative centre | Alta | |
Area | ||
• Total | 3,849.47 km2 (1,486.29 sq mi) | |
*Area at municipal dissolution. | ||
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 | |
Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 | |
Succeeded by | Alta and Talvik in 1863 | |
Data from Statistics Norway |
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.[2]
Contents
1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
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.[3] 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.[4]
See also
- List of former municipalities of Norway
References
^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ 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.
External links
Alta travel guide from Wikivoyage