Alkullen

Alkullen is a hamlet in Övertorneå Municipality, Norrbotten County. Alkullen is situated nearby to the neighborhood Niuro, as well as near the locality Onkijärvi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ylitornio Church and Ylitornio railway station.

Ylitornio railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Tve4, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ylitornio railway station is located in the municipality of Ylitornio in the Lapland Province of Finland. It is located about 62 kilometres north from Tornio railway station.

Ylitornio Church belfry

Tower

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Ylitornio Church belfry is a tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ylitornio and Niemis.

Ylitornio is a municipality and a town of the same name by the Tornio river in western Finnish Lapland. About one third of the municipality is north of the Arctic Circle. The main attractions are salmon fishing, nature, and the famous Aavasaksa hill.

Niemis

Hamlet

Photo: Swevixen, CC0.

Niemis is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km south of Alkullen.

Övertorneå

Photo: Mestos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Övertorneå is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010. It is located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to their Finnish twin town Ylitornio.

Alkullen

Type: Hamlet
Description: settlement in Övertorneå Municipality,Sweden
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Övertorneå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

66.33042° or 66° 19′ 50″ north

Longitude

23.63788° or 23° 38′ 16″ east

Elevation

56 metres (184 feet)

Open location code

9GR58JJQ+55

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4004255101

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

606870

Wikidata ID

Q2692943

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Tornedalen Finnish—“Alkullen” goes by many names.

Danish: “Alkullen”
Dutch: “Alkullen”
Finnish: “Alkkula”
French: “Alkullen”
Irish: “Alkullen”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Alkullen”
Swedish: “Alkullen”
Tornedalen Finnish: “Alkkula”

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Localities in the Area

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