Övertorneå is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010. In Meänkieli it is called Matarengi and in Finnish Matarenki. It lies on the shore of the Torne River, directly opposite its Finnish twin town Ylitornio. The name means Upper Torneå and comes from the division of the Torneå parish into two parts in the 16th century. Until the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn along the Torne River in 1809, the villages on the two banks were a single community. From 1809 until 1917 the river line also formed the Swedish border with Russia.
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with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010
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Övertorneå (Wikipedia)
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is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.
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is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.
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is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.
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