Övertorneå Municipality

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Övertorneå kommun
County Norrbotten County
Province Norrbotten
Seat Övertorneå
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
Website
Population as of 2005

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.

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