• Source: Ylitornio

Ylitornio (Finnish: [ˈyliˌtornio]; 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 3,736 (31 October 2024) 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. The population density is 1.84 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.[1]




Notable people


Sami Jauhojärvi, skier
Jarkko Kauvosaari, ice hockey player
Toni Koivisto, ice hockey player




See also


Aavasaksa
Övertorneå, a municipality of Sweden




References






External links


Ylitornio travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Ylitornio at Wikimedia Commons
Municipality of Ylitornio – Official website
Ylitornio Matkailu – Tourist site

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• Meänmaa
• Struve Geodetic Arc
• Rovaniemi
• Pello
• Ylitornio
• Torneå
• Pello
• Lapland (former province of Finland)
• Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)
• Övertorneå Municipality
• Ylitornio railway station
• Övertorneå
• Meänmaa
• Tervola