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The famous rock carvings at Alta lie just to the west of the town. [5] Alta is considered the northernmost city in the world with a population surpassing 10,000. The 9.81-square-kilometre (2,420-acre) town has a population (2023) of 15,931 and a population density of 1,624 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,210/sq mi). [2]
Alta is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,708. The municipality's population density is 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.
This is a list of urban areas in Norway by population, with population numbers as of 1 January 2024.. Statistics Norway, the governmental organisation with the task of measuring the Norwegian population, uses the term tettsted (literally "dense place"; meaning urban settlement or urban area), which is defined as a continuous built-up area with a maximum distance of 50 metres (160 ft) between ...
The total population of Norway on 1 July 2023 was 5,514,042. [3] Statistics Norway estimated that the 5,000,000 milestone was reached on 19 March 2012. [4] The following demographic statistics are from the World Population Review. [5] One birth every 8 minutes; One death every 13 minutes; One net migrant every 19 minutes; Net gain of one person ...
Historically, the designation of town/city was granted by the king, but since 1996 that authority was given to the local municipal councils for each municipality in Norway. In Norway today, there are 108 towns/cities, but they have no legal authority or powers and they are not an administrative body, it is simply a designation.
The warmest night ever recorded in Norway was 29 July 2019 at Sømna-Kvaløyfjellet (302 m) in Sømna Municipality near Brønnøysund with overnight low 26.1 °C (79.0 °F). [28] The third warmest night recorded in Norway was at Makkaur in Båtsfjord Municipality with overnight low 25.2 °C (77.4 °F) on 19 July 2018.
Toggle Statistics Norway demographic statistics subsection. 1.1 Age and sex distribution. ... total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA% This page was last edited ...
Alta Lake (British Columbia), a lake in Whistler, British Columbia; Alta Lake, British Columbia, a community now part of Whistler, British Columbia; Mont Alta, a hill in the Laurentides zone of the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, that is the basis of the Ski Mont Alta ski hill; see List of former ski areas of Quebec; Alberta, Canada ...