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Övertorneå

Övertorneå (; ) is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.

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Settlement.official_name: Övertorneå
Settlement.image_skyline: Övertorneå östra.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: July 2010 photography taken from a car moving from Finland into Sweden through eastern Övertorneå.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Övertorneå Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Norrbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Norrbotten
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.69
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 1,917
Settlement.population_density_km2: 713
Settlement.elevation_m: 71

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Övertorneå (; ) is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.

It is located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to their Finnish twin town Ylitornio. Övertorneå means "Upper Torneå", based on a division of the Torneå parish in two parts in the 16th century. Until the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn at the Torne River in 1809, the two villages on both sides of the river were one. From 1809 till 1917, this represented the Swedish border to Russia.