Tornio
Sign in to saveTornio (; ; ; ) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of ().
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Tornio is a city in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland, that sits right on the border with Sweden and shares a close relationship with the Swedish town of Haparanda as a twin city. The area is notable for its sparse population spread across a large territory that includes significant water coverage.
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Tornio (; ; ; ) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of ().
Tornio is unilingually Finnish with a negligible number of native Swedish speakers, although this does not count vast numbers of bilinguals who speak Swedish as a second language, with an official target of universal working bilingualism for both border municipalities.