Vanha-Pirkkiö

Vanha-Pirkkiö is a hamlet in , , and has about 320 residents. Vanha-Pirkkiö is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alatornio Church and Haparanda railway station.

Church
Photo: Lijonama45, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km northwest of Vanha-Pirkkiö.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haparanda station is a railway station in , . The station is connected to and the rest of the Swedish railway network via the Haparanda Line, as well as to the Finnish railway network via the Tornio–Haparanda railway. is situated 4 km northwest of Vanha-Pirkkiö.

Railway station
Photo: Str4nd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the city of , , being located on the eastern side of the Torne River. The station is connected to the Oulu–Tornio railway, the Tornio–Haparanda railway and the Kolari railway and first opened in 1903. is situated 4 km northwest of Vanha-Pirkkiö.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haparanda and Kiviranta.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
is a city in Norrbotten, at Sweden's easternmost point. The town of is just across the Torne River. It is a great gateway to the wild north of Scandinavia.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 5 km north of Vanha-Pirkkiö.

Suburb
is a locality situated in , , with 1,726 inhabitants in 2010. It was built as a suburb to in the 1970s and then got the name Mattila after a small village in the neighbourhood. is situated 6 km northwest of Vanha-Pirkkiö.

Vanha-Pirkkiö

Latitude
65.81486° or 65° 48′ 54″ north
Longitude
24.20856° or 24° 12′ 31″ east
Population
320
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
9GQ6R675+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 696991628
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13315294
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Russian—“Vanha-Pirkkiö” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Vanha-Pirkkiö”
  • Russian: “Ванха-Пирккиё”

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