<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000919574-13-005885.txt : 20131015
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20131015161839
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-13-005885
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131010
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131015
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131015

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001162027
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP
		STREET 2:		1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129692124

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP
		STREET 2:		1345 AVE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALLIANCE NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20011108

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PEEBLES DOUGLAS J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001285665

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-10573
		FILM NUMBER:		131152127

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COR
		STREET 2:		1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10105
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-10-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001162027</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AFB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001285665</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PEEBLES DOUGLAS J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10105</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-10-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1400</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.43</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1400</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-10-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.48</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>41400</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $12.43 to $12.53, inclusive.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Stephen J. Laffey, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas J. Peebles</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-10-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TEXT>



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature
appears below hereby revokes all prior powers granted by the
undersigned to the extent inconsistent herewith and constitutes and
appoints Robert M. Keith, Eric C. Freed, Nancy E. Hay, Stephen J. Laffey
and Emilie D. Wrapp and each of them, to act severally as
attorney-in-fact and agent, with power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the undersigned in any and all capacities, solely
for the purpose of executing his Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership on Form 3 and any subsequent Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 or Annual Statement of
Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 5, and any amendments thereto,
with respect to the securities of:

     Alliance California Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
     AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
     Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

and filing the same, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes,
may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.





                                           /s/ Douglas J. Peebles
                                           --------------------------
                                               Douglas J. Peebles




Dated: October 10, 2013







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