Alta
Alta, Áltá, or Alattio is a town in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality and the major commercial centre in the western part of the county of Finnmark.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 15,100 residents
- Description: settlement in Alta Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Alattio” and “Áltá”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alta Church and The Rock Art of Alta.
Alta Church
Church
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
Alta Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Bossekop area in the town of Alta.
The Rock Art of Alta
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rock art of Alta are located in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta. The Rock Art of Alta is situated 4 km southwest of Alta.
Finnmarkshallen
Sports venue
Finnmarkshallen is an indoor sports venue located in the town of Alta in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Opened in 1996, it is the home ground of the association football club Alta IF, that plays in the Norwegian Second Division.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvenvik.
Kvenvik
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kvenvik, Šuovošluovta, or Suislahti is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in an inlet on the inner part of the Altafjorden, about 10 kilometres from the town of Alta. Kvenvik is situated 8 km southwest of Alta.
Alta
- Categories: city and urban area in Norway
- Location: Alta, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Alta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألتا”
- Asturian: “Alta”
- Bulgarian: “Алта”
- Catalan: “Alta”
- Cebuano: “Alta (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Alta”
- Chinese: “阿塔鎮”
- Chinese: “阿塔镇”
- Chinese: “阿尔塔”
- Chinese: “阿尔塔镇”
- Czech: “Alta”
- Danish: “Alta”
- Dutch: “Alta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “التا”
- Estonian: “Alta vald”
- Estonian: “Alta”
- Finnish: “Alattio”
- Finnish: “Alta”
- French: “Alta”
- German: “Alta”
- Italian: “Alta”
- Japanese: “アルタ”
- Korean: “알타”
- Latvian: “Alta”
- Lithuanian: “Alta”
- Lithuanian: “Altas”
- Low German: “Kommun Alta”
- Macedonian: “Алта”
- Northern Sami: “Áltá”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Álaheadju”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alattio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altaværing”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Alta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Алта”
- Norwegian: “Alta”
- Persian: “التا (شهر)”
- Persian: “التا”
- Polish: “Alta”
- Portuguese: “Alta”
- Romanian: “Alta”
- Russian: “Алта”
- Serbian: “Алта”
- Spanish: “Alta (Noruega)”
- Spanish: “Alta”
- Swedish: “Alta”
- Ukrainian: “Alta (місто)”
- Ukrainian: “Алта (місто)”
- Ukrainian: “Алта”
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