Polmak
Polmak (Northern Sami: Buolbmát and Finnish: Pulmanki) is a village in Tana Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the river Tana, just east of the border with Finland (and the northernmost point of Finland). The village is the site of the Polmak Church.[2]
Polmak Buolbmát | |
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Village | |
 View of the village church | |
  Polmak Location of the village  Polmak Polmak (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 70.0708°N 28.0075°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Troms og Finnmark |
| District | Øst-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Tana Municipality |
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 9845 Tana |
The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Polmak which existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964.
Name
The name is a Norwegian version of the Northern Sami form of the name, Buolbmát. The meaning is unknown.
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References
- "Polmak, Tana (Finnmark)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- Askheim, Svein, ed. (2015-12-09). "Polmak". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
External links
- Weather information for Polmak (in Norwegian)
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