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'Övertorneå Municipality' (Finnish name: ''Matarengi'' or ''Matarenki'') is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the small town 'Övertorneå', with around 2,000 inhabitants located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Ylitornio (Övertorneå is Swedish translation of Ylitornio). Until the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn at the Torne River in 1809, the two villages on separate sides on the river were one.
Many names of places in the municipality have both a Swedish and a Finnish name, in the local dialect of Finnish known as one of the minority languages of Sweden, meänkieli.

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Towns

Sights

See also

External links

Towns

With population figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden.

★ Övertorneå 1,997

★ Svanstein 222

★ Hedenäset 300 (Finnish: ''Hietaniemi'')

★ Juoksengi 430, is intersected by the Arctic Circle and known as the Arctic Circle Village, (''Polcirkelbyn'')

Sights

Two old wooden churches in Övertorneå and Hedenäset. The church in Övertorneå has an organ from the 17th century.
The cinema ''Röda Kvarn''.

See also

★ Torneå Upper Court District

★ Övertorneå municipality in Finland

★ Torneå municipality in Finland

External links

★ Övertorneå - Official site

★ Övertorneå-Ylitornio - Tourist site

★ JGI-TV - Juoksengi Kabel-TV förening