Talvik
Talvik, Dálbmeluovta, or Talmulahti is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located on the western shore of the Altafjorden, along the European route E6 highway. The 0.37 km2 village has a population (2023) of 291 and a population density of 786 PD/km2.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Settlement Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Norway • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Northern Norway • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Finnmark • Subdivision Type3 — District • Subdivision Name3 — Vest-Finnmark • Subdivision Type4 — Municipality • Subdivision Name4 — Alta Municipality • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +01:00 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +02:00 • Area Total Km2 — 0.37 • Population As Of — 2023 • Population Total — 291 • Population Density Km2 — 786 • Postal Code Type — Post Code • Postal Code — 9540 Talvik • Elevation M — 8
History
History
The village is an old Norwegian trading centre since the 1600s. Talvik Church is located in the village. The village of Talvik was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Talvik from 1863 until 1964 when it was merged into Alta municipality.
Name
Name
The village is named after the old Talvik farm since the first Talvik Church was built there. The first element of the name is rather uncertain. If the first element was of Old Norse origin then it is derived from the word Þelli which means "pine" (due to the large number of pine trees in the area). The other explanation is that it is a corruption of the Northern Sami word Dálbme or the longer name Dálbmeluokta (historic spelling) which translates as "fog" or "fog bay". The early Norwegian settlers would have translated that as tåkebukta (meaning "fog bay") and this could have been corrupted from to. The last element of the name is which means "inlet" or "cove". Historically, the name was spelled Talvig using the old Danish spelling, and later it was "Norwegianized" to Talvik.
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• Illustration — Winter view of the village • Illustration — View of the village in 2006 • Illustration — Summer view of the harbor • Illustration — View of the local church
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