Ylitornio

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Ylitornio

Total population

3,940

Founded

1809

Land area2029.3 km²

Coordinates66.32°, 23.67°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Rosa Liksom

Finnish writer (born 1958)

Toni Koivisto

Finnish ice hockey player

Gerda Antti

Swedish politician

Mikko Heikka

Finnish Lutheran bishop

Linus Omark

Swedish ice hockey player

Lennart Häggroth

Swedish ice hockey goaldtender (1940–2016)

Johan Harju

Swedish ice hockey player

D

Daniel Henriksson

Swedish ice hockey goaltender

Sami Jauhojärvi

Finnish cross-country skier

L

Lars Gulliksson

Swedish musician

S

Stefan Nilsson

Swedish composer and pianist (1955–2023)

Ragnar Lassinantti

Swedish police officer, politician and civil servant (1915–1985)

Jarkko Kauvosaari

Finnish ice hockey player

Malin Buska

Swedish actress

M

Margareta Grape

Swedish

K

Kicki Rundgren

Swedish actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lapland

• Turtola
  23.2 mi away
• Arpela
  28.7 mi away
• Tervola
  35.5 mi away
• Lempeä
  37.3 mi away
• Kyläjoki
  38 mi away
• Rautiosaari
  51.2 mi away
• Sinettä
  54.5 mi away
• Lappea
  58 mi away
• Rovaniemi
  58.4 mi away · pop. 66,201
• Saarenkylä
  59.8 mi away
• Alakylä
  79.1 mi away
• Tapojärvi
  84.4 mi away

Browse all places in Lapland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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