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Also known as Övertorneå, Badje-Duortnus

Ylitornio (; ; ; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland along the Tornio River, opposite the Swedish town of Övertorneå about 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 north of town. Literally translated to English the two locations would be called Upper Tornio.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.name
Ylitornio
Settlement.other_name
ÖvertorneåBadje-DuortnusPajetuárnus
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Ylitornio.kuntakilpi.jpg
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Ylitornio welcome sign
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Ylitornio.vaakuna.svg
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120x80px
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Ylitornio sijainti Suomi.svg
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Location of Ylitornio in Finland
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Interactive map outlining Ylitornio.
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lapland
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Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Tornio Valley
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Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name
Jarmo Pienimäki
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Charter

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
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  • Climate
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
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Ylitornio (; ; ; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland along the Tornio River, opposite the Swedish town of Övertorneå about 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 north of town. Literally translated to English the two locations would be called Upper Tornio.

The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish in contrast to much of far-western Finland. Finland is officially bilingual.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ylitornio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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