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Alpena
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city in and county seat of Alpena County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Alpena
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Cindy Johnson
- Mayor pro tem
- Michael Nowak
- Manager
- Rachel Smolinski
- Total
- 8.86 sq mi (22.94 km )
- Land
- 8.17 sq mi (21.17 km )
- Water
- 0.68 sq mi (1.77 km )
- Elevation
- 590 ft (180 m)
- Density
- 1,247.8/sq mi (481.78/km )
- Demonym
- Alpenan(s)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 26-01740
- Gnis feature id
- 0620017
- Website
- www .alpena .mi .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Alpena
- Population
- 10197
- Area
- 23.906507
- Elevation
- 180
- Official website
- www.alpena.mi.us
- Image
- Lighthouse at Alpena MI 2005-09.jpeg
- Households
- 4757
- Dialing code
- 989
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- Commons category
- Alpena, Michigan
- postal code
- 49707
- inception
- 1840-00-00
- P8168
- 8612 Burov
- water as percent of area
- 7.4651
- per capita income
- 24202
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Alpena County Courthouse in Alpena Alpena (/ælˈpiːnə/ al-PEE-nə) is the only city in and the county seat of Alpena County, Michigan, United States. The population was 10,197 at the 2020 census, making it the third most populated city in the Northern Michigan region, after Traverse City and Cadillac. The city is surrounded by Alpena Township, but the two are administered autonomously. It is the core city of the Alpena micropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Alpena County and had a total population of 28,907 at the 2020 census.
Alpena is located at the head of Thunder Bay, a bay of Lake Huron. Offshore of Alpena is the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks. Alpena is the second-largest American city on Lake Huron, behind Port Huron.