Alta-Talvik Municipality
Alta-Talvik Municipality
Alta-Talvik herred | |
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| Alten-Talvig herred (historic name) | |
Finnmark within Norway | |
Alta-Talvik in Finnmark | |
| 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 | Alten Municipality and Talvig Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Alta |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 3,849.47 km2 (1,486.29 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,149 m (3,770 ft) |
| Population (1863) | |
• Total | 4,380 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Altaværing Talvikværing Talviking |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2012 |
Alta-Talvik or 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. Some of the notable villages in the municipality included Kåfjord, Komagfjord, Kvenvik, Langenes, Langfjordbotn, Leirbotn, Rafsbotn, Talvig, and Tverrelvdalen.
The Church of Norway had churches in Alten-Talvig: Alta Church, Talvik Church, and Kåfjord Church.