Ylitornio
Övertorneå
Badje-Duortnus
Pajetuárnus
Municipality
Ylitornion kunta
Övertorneå kommun
Ylitornio welcome sign
Ylitornio welcome sign
Coat of arms of Ylitornio
Location of Ylitornio in Finland
Location of Ylitornio in Finland
Coordinates: 66°19′N 023°40′E / 66.317°N 23.667°E / 66.317; 23.667
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionTornio Valley
Charter1809
Government
  Municipal managerMaija Pihlajamäki
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
  Total2,212.47 km2 (854.24 sq mi)
  Land2,029.3 km2 (783.5 sq mi)
  Water183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi)
  Rank29th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
  Total3,754
  Rank197th largest in Finland
  Density1.85/km2 (4.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish96.3% (official)
  Swedish0.7%
  Sami0.1%
  Others2.9%
Population by age
  0 to 149.8%
  15 to 6451.6%
  65 or older38.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.ylitornio.fi

Ylitornio (Swedish: Övertorneå; Northern Sami: Badje-Duortnus; Inari Sami: Pajetuárnus) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland along the Tornio River, opposite the Swedish town of Övertorneå about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) by road to its northwest. The two localities are connected by an international bridge that goes between Övertorneå through an island and enters Finland in a rural portion of Ylitornio's municipality, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of town. Literally translated to English the two locations would be called Upper Tornio.

The municipality has a population of 3,754 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 2,212.47 square kilometres (854.24 sq mi) of which 183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish in contrast to much of far-western Finland. Finland is officially bilingual.

A unique ski flying hill project has been presented. The inruns of the hills will be through a mountain inside a pipe tunnel.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.


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