Övertorneå Municipality
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Country | Sweden | |
County | Norrbotten County | |
Seat | Övertorneå | |
Area[1] | ||
• Total | 2,492.29 km2 (962.28 sq mi) | |
• Land | 2,362.07 km2 (912.00 sq mi) | |
• Water | 130.22 km2 (50.28 sq mi) | |
Area as of January 1, 2014. | ||
Population (March 31, 2016)[2] | ||
• Total | 4,578 | |
• Density | 1.8/km2 (4.8/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
ISO 3166 code | SE | |
Province | Norrbotten | |
Municipal code | 2518 | |
Website | www.overtornea.se |
Övertorneå Municipality (Swedish: Övertorneå kommun, Meänkieli: Matarengi, Finnish: Ylitornion kunta; sometimes also referred to as Matarengin kunta by northern Finnish press to avoid confusion with the similarly named Finnish municipality Ylitornio) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.
Until the Finnish War (1808–1809) Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single municipality. Following the war, the eastern part of the municipality was ceded to Russia as a part of Finland. In 1870 a minor part of Övertorneå Municipality was split off, forming the rural municipality Korpilombolo (now part of Pajala Municipality). In 1969 Övertorneå and Hietaniemi municipalities were merged, forming the present municipality.
Many places in the municipality have both a Swedish and a Finnish name, in the local dialect of Finnish known as Meänkieli, one of the minority languages of Sweden.
Localities
There are four localities (or urban areas) in Övertorneå Municipality:[3]
# | Locality | Population |
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1 | Övertorneå | 1,965 |
2 | Juoksengi | 401 |
3 | Hedenäset | 285 |
4 | Svanstein | 207 |
The municipal seat in bold
Smaller localities
There are nine smaller localities in Övertorneå Municipality:[4]
# | Smaller locality | Population |
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1 | Pello | 193 |
2 | Kuivakangas | 125 |
3 | Aapua | 122 |
4 | Poikijärvi | 107 |
5 | Rantajärvi | 102 |
6 | Neistenkangas | 93 |
7 | Pudas | 85 |
8 | Haapakylä | 59 |
9 | Jänkisjärvi | 52 |
Sights
Two old wooden churches in Övertorneå and Hedenäset. The church in Övertorneå has an organ from the 17th century.
Juoksengi is intersected by the Arctic Circle and is known as the "Arctic Circle Village" (Polcirkelbyn).
References
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- ↑ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005 (Swedish)
External links
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