Municipality ID NO-2013 Population (2015) 315 Split from Alta-Talvik in 1863 Local time Sunday 4:26 AM | Adm. Center Talvik Demonym(s) Talviking Merged into Alta in 1964 | |
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Talvik (Northern Sami: Dálbmeluokta and Kven: Talmulahti) is a village and a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day Alta Municipality, along both sides of the outer Altafjorden.
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Map of 9540 Talvik, Norway
The village of Talvik is located on the western shore of the Altafjorden, along the European route E06 highway. The village is an old trading centre since the 1800s. Talvik Church is located in the village.
Name
The municipality is named after the old Talvik farm, since Talvik Church was located there. One explanation of the name is that the first element name is derived from the Old Norse word tall meaning "pine" and the last element is víkr meaning "inlet". The other explanation is that Talvik is a corruption of the Northern Sami word Dálbmeluokta which means "fog bay".
History
Originally a part of the municipality of Alten-Talvig (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1863, Alten-Talvig was divided into two separate municipalities: Talvik (population: 1,938) and Alta. On 1 January 1964, Talvik (population: 3,266) was merged with Alta to form a new, larger municipality of Alta. The village has a population of 315 as of 2015.