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Alteidet
Sign in to save, , or is a small coastal village along the Lille Altafjord in the eastern part of Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located along European route E6, about west of the town of Alta in Finnmark county and about north of the municipal centre of Burfjord. There are about 130 residents living in the area and one hotel.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Alteidet, and connects out to Troms, Norway and World War II.
Vinony files it under Kvænangen Municipality, Populated places of Arctic Norway and Villages in Troms.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- human settlement
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- Norway
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- Kvænangen Municipality
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- Duikkáš
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, , or is a small coastal village along the Lille Altafjord in the eastern part of Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located along European route E6, about west of the town of Alta in Finnmark county and about north of the municipal centre of Burfjord. There are about 130 residents living in the area and one hotel.
The village was an old trading post, but it was not rebuilt after World War II. The village is located on a forested isthmus and is near the villages of Storeng and Jøkelfjord. The name Alteidet is a combination of "Alta" and "eidet" meaning the isthmus of Alta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alteidet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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