Country Norway District Nord-Norge Admin. Center Alta | County Finnmark Municipality ID NO-1212 Administrative center Alta | |
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Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 Weather -11°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Alta-Talvik (or Alten-Talvig in the historic Norwegian spelling) is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality was located along the Altafjorden and the river Altaelva in the present-day Alta Municipality. The European route E6 highway runs through the area today.
History
The parish of Alten-Talvig was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 3,085. In 1863, Alten-Talvig was split to create two new municipalities: Alten (population: 2,442) and Talvik (population: 1,938). The two municipalities lasted for 101 years independently and then on 1 January 1964, Talvik and Alta were merged back together to form the present-day Alta Municipality.