Polmak (municipality)

Polmak herred
Former municipality

Finnmark within
Norway

Polmak within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°04′11″N 28°00′40″E / 70.06972°N 28.01111°E / 70.06972; 28.01111Coordinates: 70°04′11″N 28°00′40″E / 70.06972°N 28.01111°E / 70.06972; 28.01111
Country Norway
County Finnmark
District Øst-Finnmark
Administrative centre Polmak
Area
 • Total 2,257 km2 (871 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1964)
 • Total 1,072
 • Density 0.47/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-2026
Preceded by Nesseby in 1903
Succeeded by Tana in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Polmak is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 2,257-square-kilometre (871 sq mi) municipality existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Polmak where Polmak Church is located.[1]

The municipality of Polmak stretched along the northern shore of the Tana River (which also forms the border with Finland) from the little village of Leavvajohka in the west to the village of Polmak in the east and then it continues on both sides of the Tana River northwards to the Tana Bridge. The municipality included the upper Tana River valley, along the border with Finland.[1]

History

The municipality of Polmak was established on 1 January 1903 when the large municipality of Nesseby was divided in two: Polmak (population: 450) in the west and Nesseby (population: 1,058) in the east. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Polmak (population: 1,072) and Tana (population: 2,237) were merged to form a new, larger Tana Municipality.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Askheim, Svein, ed. (2015-12-09). "Polmak". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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