Talvik Municipality
Talvik Municipality
Talvik herred | |
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| Talvig herred (historic name) | |
View of the village (c. 1852) | |
Finnmark within Norway | |
Talvik within Finnmark | |
| Coordinates: 70°02′32″N 22°56′59″E / 70.04222°N 22.94972°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Vest-Finnmark |
| Established | 1863 |
| • Preceded by | Alten-Talvig Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Alta Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Talvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1959-1963) | Thorleif Johansen (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,650 km2 (640 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #36 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,149 m (3,770 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 3,378 |
| • Rank | #268 in Norway |
| • Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Talvikværing Taviking |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-2013 |
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.
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).