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'''ALTA'''
Province: [[Troms og Finnmark]] (until 2020 [[Finnmark]])<br>
Additions: 1964 Talvik


Province : [[Finnmark]]<br>
[[File:alta.gif|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
Additions : 1964 Talvik


[[File:alta.gif|center]]
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|'''Norwegian'''
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====Official blazon====
I blått en sølv spydspiss
I blått en sølv spydspiss


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on July 9, 1976.
The arms were granted on July 9, 1976.


The arms show an arrow point, derived from the findings of quartzite arrow points dating from the late stone age and found in the area. The quartzite was quarried in the municipality and tools thereof were all over the Northern part of Norway.
The arms show an arrow point, derived from the findings of quartztite arrow points dating from the late stone age and found in the area. The quartzite was quarried in the municipality and tools thereof were all over the Northern part of Norway.


{{media}}
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}7.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a manhole cover
|}'''[[Literature]]''':


[[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.
{{media}} [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.


[[Category:Norwegian municipalities A]]
[[Category:Norwegian municipalities A]]
[[Category:Finnmark]]
[[Category:Finnmark]]
[[Category:Troms og Finnmark]]
[[Category:Granted 1976]]
[[Category:Granted 1976]]

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ALTA

Province: Troms og Finnmark (until 2020 Finnmark)
Additions: 1964 Talvik

Arms (crest) of Alta
Official blazon
Norwegian

I blått en sølv spydspiss

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 9, 1976.

The arms show an arrow point, derived from the findings of quartztite arrow points dating from the late stone age and found in the area. The quartzite was quarried in the municipality and tools thereof were all over the Northern part of Norway.

Coat of arms (crest) of Alta

The arms on a manhole cover
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