Place:Ylitornio, Lappi, Finland

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NameYlitornio
Alt namesÖvertorneåsource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Located inLappi, Finland
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is .

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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