Övertorneå Municipality
Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Övertorneå Municipality (Swedish: Övertorneå kommun, Meänkieli: Matarengi) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.
Övertorneå Municipality
Övertorneå kommun | |
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Coordinates: 66°23′N 23°40′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Norrbotten County |
Seat | Övertorneå |
Area | |
• 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 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 4,088 |
• Density | 1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Norrbotten |
Municipal code | 2518 |
Website | www.overtornea.se |
Until the Finnish War (1808–1809) Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single parish. 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.