Ylitornio

Ylitornio is a municipality and a town of the same name by the Tornio river in western . About one third of the municipality is north of the Arctic Circle. The main attractions are salmon fishing, nature, and the famous Aavasaksa hill.
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  • Type: Town with 3,940 residents
  • Description: municipality in the region of Lapland in Finland
  • Also known as: Badje-Duortnus” and “Övertorneå
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ylitornio Church and Ylitornio railway station.

Church
Photo: Htm, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway stop
is located in the municipality of Ylitornio in the of . It is located about 62 kilometres north from Tornio railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niemis.

Hamlet
Photo: Swevixen, CC0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km south of Ylitornio.

Ylitornio

Latitude
66.3164° or 66° 18′ 59″ north
Longitude
23.6713° or 23° 40′ 17″ east
Population
3,940
Elevation
143 metres (469 feet)
Open location code
9GR58M8C+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30969875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
630779
Wiki­data ID
Q984930
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Ylitornio” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Ylitornio
  • Asturian: conceyu de Ylitornio
  • Asturian: Ylitornio (conceyu de Finlandia)
  • Asturian: Ylitornio
  • Basque: Ylitornio
  • Bulgarian: Юлиторнио
  • Catalan: Ylitornio
  • Cebuano: Ylitornio (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Ylitornio
  • Chinese: 上托尔尼奥
  • Chinese: 上托爾尼奧
  • Czech: Ylitornio
  • Danish: Badje-Duortnus
  • Danish: Övertorneå
  • Danish: Ylitornio
  • Dutch: Ylitornio
  • Esperanto: Ylitornio
  • Estonian: Ylitornio vald
  • Finnish: Badje-Duortnus
  • Finnish: Övertorneå
  • Finnish: Ylitornio
  • Finnish: Ylitornion kunta
  • French: Ylitornio
  • Galician: Badje-Duortnus
  • Galician: Övertorneå
  • Galician: Ylitornio
  • Georgian: იულიტორნიო
  • German: Badje-Duortnus
  • German: Övertorneå
  • German: Ylitornio
  • Hebrew: יו’ליטורניו
  • Hungarian: Ylitornio
  • Inari Sami: Pajetuárnus
  • Irish: Ylitornio
  • Italian: Ylitornio
  • Japanese: ユリトルニオ
  • Latin: Tornea Superior
  • Latin: Ylitornio
  • Lombard: Ylitornio
  • Northern Frisian: Ylitornio
  • Northern Sami: Badje-Duortnus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Badje-Duortnus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Övertorneå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Øvertorneå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ylitornio
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Badje-Duortnus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Övertorneå
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Øvertorneå
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ylitornio
  • Norwegian: Övertorneå
  • Persian: ویتورنیو
  • Polish: Ylitornio
  • Portuguese: Ylitornio
  • Romanian: Ylitornio
  • Russian: Юлиторнио
  • Slovenian: Övertorneå
  • Slovenian: Ylitornio
  • Spanish: Ylitornio
  • Swedish: Badje-Duortnus
  • Swedish: Övertorneå, Finland
  • Swedish: Övertorneå
  • Swedish: Ylitornio
  • Tatar: Юлиторнио
  • Turkish: Ylitornio
  • Ukrainian: Уліторніо
  • Urdu: یلیتورنو
  • Vietnamese: Ylitornio
  • Welsh: Ylitornio
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