Övertorneå Municipality
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| Övertorneå kommun | |
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| County | Norrbotten County |
| Province | Norrbotten |
| Seat | Övertorneå |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
36th of 290 2,381 km² |
| Population • Total |
277th of 290 5,244 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
2.2 inhabitants/km² |
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Övertorneå Municipality (Swedish:Övertorneå kommun, Meänkieli:Matarengi, Finnish:Ylitornion kunta, sometimes also referred to Matarengin kunta by northern Finnish press to avoid confusion with the similarly named Finnish municipality) is a municipality in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden on the border to Finland. Its seat is in the small town Övertorneå.
In 1870 a minor part of Övertorneå was splitt off, forming the rural municipality Korpilombolo (now part of Pajala Municipality). In 1969 Övertorneå and Hietaniemi were merged, forming the present municipality.
Many names of places in the municipality have both a Swedish and a Finnish name, in the local dialect of Finnish known as one of the minority languages of Sweden, meänkieli.
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[edit] Localities
With population figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden.
- Övertorneå 1,997 (seat)
- Svanstein 222
- Hedenäset 300 (Finnish: Hietaniemi)
- Juoksengi 430, is intersected by the Arctic Circle and known as the Arctic Circle Village, (Polcirkelbyn)
[edit] Sights
Two old wooden churches in Övertorneå and Hedenäset. The church in Övertorneå has an organ from the 17th century.
[edit] See also
- Övertorneå municipality in Finland
- Torneå municipality in Finland
[edit] External links
- Övertorneå - Official site
- Övertorneå-Ylitornio - Tourist site
- JGI-TV - Juoksengi Kabel-TV förening
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