Ylitornio
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| Ylitornion kunta | ||
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Tornio Valley sub-region | |
| Charter | 1809 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Tuomo Karjalainen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 2,212.69 km2 (854.32 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 2,028.86 km2 (783.35 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 35th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,265 | |
| • Rank | 201st largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.3% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.3% | |
| • Sami | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.3% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 13% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60% | |
| • 65 or older | 27% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.25% | |
| Website | www.ylitornio.fi | |
Ylitornio (Northern Sami: Badje-Duortnus, Swedish: Övertorneå) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland along the Tornio River, opposite the Swedish town of Övertorneå. The municipality has a population of 4,265 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 2,212.69 square kilometres (854.32 sq mi) of which 183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/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]
See also
- Aavasaksa
- Övertorneå, a municipality of Sweden
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ylitornio – Official website
- Ylitornio Matkailu – Tourist site
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