Polmak

This article is about the village in Tana, Norway. For the former municipality in Finnmark, Norway, see Polmak Municipality.

Village in Northern Norway, Norway

* Polmak (Norwegian)
* Buolbmát (Northern Sami)
* Pulmanki (Kven)

Village

View of the village church

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Coordinates: 70°04′15″N 28°00′27″E﻿ / ﻿70.0708°N 28.0075°E﻿ / 70.0708; 28.0075
Country| Norway
Region| Northern Norway
County| Troms
District| Øst-Finnmark
Municipality| Tana Municipality
Elevation

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| 19 m (62 ft)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code|

9845 Tana

Polmak (Norwegian), Buolbmát (Northern Sami), or Pulmanki (Kven)[2] is a village in Tana Municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The village is located on the south bank 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.[3]

The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Polmak which existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964.

## Name

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The name is a Norwegian version of the Northern Sami form of the name, Buolbmát. The meaning is unknown.

## References

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1. ^ "Polmak, Tana (Finnmark)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
3. ^ Askheim, Svein, ed. (2015-12-09). "Polmak". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

## External links

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* Finnmark travel guide from Wikivoyage
* Weather information for Polmak (in Norwegian)