Polmak

Polmak herred
Former Municipality

Border crossing from Finland into Polmak
Polmak herred
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 Nord-Norge
Municipality ID NO-2026
Adm. Center Polmak
Area[1]
  Total 2,257 km2 (871 sq mi)
Created from Nesseby in 1903
Merged into Tana in 1964

Polmak (Northern Sami: Buolbmát and Finnish: Pulmanki) is a village and a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Tana. It stretched from Leavvajohka in the west to Polmak village in the east and then on both sides of the Tana River north river to the Tana Bridge.[1]

The name

The Sami form of the name is Buolbmát. The meaning is unknown.

History

The municipality was established on 1 January 1903 when it was split from the municipality of Nesseby. At that time, it had a population of 450. On 1 January 1964, Polmak (population: 1,072) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Tana.[2]

References

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