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Alta Municipality

Alta kommune
Álttá gielda
Alattion komuuni
Municipality
View of housing in Alta
View of housing in Alta
Coat of arms of Alta kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Alta kommune
Finnmark within
Norway
Alta within Finnmark
Alta within Finnmark
Coordinates: 69°58′36″N 23°17′45″E / 69.97667°N 23.29583°E / 69.97667; 23.29583Coordinates: 69°58′36″N 23°17′45″E / 69.97667°N 23.29583°E / 69.97667; 23.29583
Country Norway
County Finnmark
District Vest-Finnmark
Administrative centre Alta
Government
 • Mayor (2015) Monica Nielsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total 3,849.59 km2 (1,486.34 sq mi)
 • Land 3,653.36 km2 (1,410.57 sq mi)
 • Water 196.23 km2 (75.76 sq mi)
Area rank 7 in Norway
Population (2015, Sept. 16th)
 • Total 20,000 (Increase)
 • Rank 55 in Norway
 • Density 5.15/km2 (13.3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 13.7 %
Demonym(s) Altaværing
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-2012
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.alta.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Alta (About this sound listen ; Northern Sami: Áltá;Kven: Alattio or Alta) is the most populated municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alta. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Kåfjord, Komagfjord, Kvenvik, Langfjordbotn, Leirbotn, Rafsbotn, Talvik, and Tverrelvdalen.

The municipality of Alten-Talvig was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1863, the municipality was divided into two: Talvik to the north (population: 1,938) and Alta to the south (population: 2,442). On 1 January 1964, the two municipalities were merged back together to form the new, larger municipality of Alta. Prior to the merger, Alta had 6,629 residents and Talvik had 3,266 residents. The borders have not changed since that time.


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