Övertorneå Municipality

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**Övertorneå Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Municipality and seat in Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Övertorneå
	[66° 23′ N 23° 40′ E]
	County	Norrbotten County
	Province	Norrbotten
	Area Rank	List_of_municipalities_of_Sweden_by_area>36th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	List_of_municipalities_of_Sweden_by_population>277th of 290
	Density	2.2/km²

Övertorneå Municipality (Finnish name: Matarengi or Matarenki) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the small town Övertorneå, with around 2,000 inhabitants located at the shore of the Tornio river, opposite to Ylitornio. Until the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn at the Torne River in 1809, the two villages on separate sides on the river were one.

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.

Contents

1 Towns
2 Sights
3 See also
4 External links

Towns

With population figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden.

Övertorneå 1,997
Svanstein 222
Hedenäset 300 (Finnish: Hietaniemi)
Juoksengi 430, is intersected by the Arctic Circle and known as the Arctic Circle town, (Polcirkelbyn)

Sights

Two old wooden churches in Övertorneå and Hedenäset. The church in Övertorneå has an organ from the 17th century.

The cinema Röda Kvarn.

External links

[Övertorneå] - Official site
[Övertorneå-Ylitornio] - Tourist site

Municipalities of Norrbotten County

Counties of Sweden | Sweden

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Övertorneå Municipality

Towns

Sights

See also

External links