Ylitornio
Encyclopedia
Ylitornio is a municipality of Finland
.
It is located in the province
of Lapland at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Övertorneå
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
.
A unique ski flying hill project has been presented. The inruns of the hills will be through a mountain inside a pipe tunnel.http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/FIN-Finland/LL-Lapland/Ylitornio/0288/
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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It is located in the province
Provinces of Finland
The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...
of Lapland at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Övertorneå
Övertorneå Municipality
Övertorneå Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.Until the Finnish War Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single municipality. Following the war, the eastern part of the municipality was ceded to...
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
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A unique ski flying hill project has been presented. The inruns of the hills will be through a mountain inside a pipe tunnel.http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/FIN-Finland/LL-Lapland/Ylitornio/0288/
External links
- Municipality of Ylitornio – Official website
- Ylitornio Matkailu – Tourist site