Ylitornio

For the municipality of Sweden, see Övertorneå Municipality.
Ylitornio
Municipality
Ylitornion kunta

Ylitornio welcome sign

Coat of arms

Location of Ylitornio in Finland
Coordinates: 66°19′N 023°40′E / 66.317°N 23.667°E / 66.317; 23.667Coordinates: 66°19′N 023°40′E / 66.317°N 23.667°E / 66.317; 23.667
Country Finland
Region Lapland
Sub-region Tornio Valley sub-region
Charter 1809
Government
 • Municipal manager Tuomo Karjalainen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 2,212.69 km2 (854.32 sq mi)
 • Land 2,028.86 km2 (783.35 sq mi)
 • Water 183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi)
Area rank 35th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 4,265
 • Rank 201st largest in Finland
 • Density 2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.3%
 • Sami 0.1%
 • Others 0.3%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13%
 • 15 to 64 60%
 • 65 or older 27%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.25%
Website www.ylitornio.fi

Ylitornio (Northern Sami: Badje-Duortnus, Swedish: Övertorneå) is a municipality of 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)[2] and covers an area of 2,212.69 square kilometres (854.32 sq mi) of which 183.83 km2 (70.98 sq mi) is water.[1] 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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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