Pirkkiö

Pirkkiö is a suburb in Tornio, Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley, Finnish Lapland. Pirkkiö is situated nearby to the locality Kokkokangas, as well as near the suburb Kirkonmäki.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alatornio Church and Haparanda railway station.

Haparanda railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haparanda station is a railway station in Haparanda, Sweden. It is the eastern terminus of the Haparanda Line, connecting it with Kalix, Luleå, and Boden.

Tornio railway station

Railway station

Photo: Str4nd, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tornio railway station is situated 3 km north of Pirkkiö.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haparanda and Kiviranta.

Haparanda

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Haparanda is a city in Norrbotten, at Sweden's easternmost point. The Finnish town of Tornio is just across the Torne River. It is a great gateway to the wild north of Scandinavia.

Kiviranta

Suburb

Photo: Methem, CC BY 3.0.

Kiviranta is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km north of Pirkkiö.

Marielund is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,726 inhabitants in 2010. It was built as a suburb to Haparanda in the 1970s and then got the name Mattila after a small village in the neighbourhood. Marielund is situated 5 km northwest of Pirkkiö.

Pirkkiö

Type: Suburb
Also known as: “Pirkkio”
Category: locality
Location: Tornio, Kemi-Tornio, Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

65.81953° or 65° 49′ 10″ north

Longitude

24.17798° or 24° 10′ 41″ east

Elevation

19 metres (62 feet)

Open location code

9GQ6R59H+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 660392086

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

13315423

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In Other Languages

“Pirkkiö” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Pirkkiö”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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