Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Sunday 7:46 AM Sub-region Tornio Valley sub-region | Charter 1809 Website www.ylitornio.fi Municipal tax rate 19.25% | |
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Area rank 29th largest in Finland Weather -4°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Ylitornio (Northern Sami: Badje-Duortnus, Swedish: Övertorneå) is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 95600 Ylitornio, 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) and covers an area of 2,028.74 square kilometres (783.30 sq mi) of which 183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi) is water. 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]
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Ylitornio Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA