or is a village in
Alta Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark county,
Norway. The village sits at the southeast end of the
Altafjorden, along the
European route E6
European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...
highway, about northeast of the
town of Alta. The name comes from the Sami place name which means a clay seabed. The village has a population (2017) of 408 which gives the village a
population density of .
Rafsbotn has a ski slope and
Rafsbotn Chapel
Rafsbotn Chapel ( no, Rafsbotn kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rafsbotn. It is one of the churches for the Alta parish which is part of the Al ...
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References
Villages in Finnmark
Alta, Norway
Populated places of Arctic Norway
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