Talvik Municipality

Talvik Municipality
Talvik herred
Talvig herred  (historic name)
View of the village (c. 1852)
View of the village (c. 1852)
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Talvik within Finnmark
Talvik within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°02′32″N 22°56′59″E / 70.04222°N 22.94972°E / 70.04222; 22.94972
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictVest-Finnmark
Established1863
 • Preceded byAlten-Talvig Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byAlta Municipality
Administrative centreTalvik
Government
 • Mayor (1959-1963)Thorleif Johansen (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,650 km2 (640 sq mi)
 • Rank#36 in Norway
Highest elevation1,149 m (3,770 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total3,378
 • Rank#268 in Norway
 • Density2/km2 (5/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Talvikværing
Taviking[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-2013[5]

Talvik or Talvig is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 1,650-square-kilometre (640 sq mi) municipality existed for 101 years, from 1863 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included all the coastal areas in the outer Altafjorden in the northern part of what is now Alta Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Talvik where the Talvik Church is located. Other notable villages in the municipality included Komagfjord, Langenes, Langfjordbotn, and Leirbotn.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 1,650-square-kilometre (640 sq mi) municipality was the 36th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Talvik Municipality was the 268th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,378 (in 1963). The municipality's population density was 2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi).[7][8]

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  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir; Askheim, Svein, eds. (29 November 2014). "Talvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.