Alta (Norwegian: Alattio) is the most populated municipality in Finnmark in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is the 60th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 20,789. The town Alta was seriously destroyed by fire near the end of the World War II.
About Alta, Norway in brief
Alta (Norwegian: Alattio) is the most populated municipality in Finnmark in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is the 60th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 20,789. The municipality’s population density is 5. 7 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 11. 3% over the last decade. The town Alta was seriously destroyed by fire near the end of the World War II. The rock carvings at Alta, located near the Jiepmaluokta bay, dating from c. 4200 BC to 500 BC, are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The name possibly comes from the Old Norse which refers to a swan or it is a Norwegianization of the Finnish word which refer to a \”lowland\”.
Prior to 1918, the name was written Alten. The coat of arms is from modern times; they were granted on 9 July 1976. The Church of Norway has two parishes within the municipality of Alta. It’s part of the Alta prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The Komsa culture was named after the KomsA mountain in Alta municipality, where the first archeological remains of this culture were discovered. In the aftermath of the Sami Kautokeino rebellion of 1852, rebel leaders Mons Aslaksen Somby and Aslak Jacobsen Hætta were decapitated at Elvebakken in what is now the town of AlTA on 14 October 1854. Their bodies were buried in graves just outside the Kåfjord Church graveyard.
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