Alta-Talvik

Alta-Talvik is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [ [http://www.snl.no/search.html?mode=place&topic=983 Store Norske Leksikon] no icon]

It was created in 1837 as Alten-Talvig formannskapsdistrikt. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,085. [cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos20.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Finnmark 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon]

In 1863 Alta-Talvik was split to create two municipalities: Alta with a population of 2,442 and Talvik with a population of 1,938. On 1 January 1964 Talvik was reunited with Alta, but this time under the name Alta. [cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf no icon]

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