Övertorneå

Övertorneå Matarengi (Meänkieli)
July 2010 photography taken from a car moving from Finland into Sweden through eastern Övertorneå.
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Coordinates: 66°23′17″N 23°39′13″E / 66.38806°N 23.65361°E / 66.38806; 23.65361
Country	Sweden
Province	Norrbotten
County	Norrbotten County
Municipality	Övertorneå Municipality
Area
• Total	2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
Elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Population  (31 December 2010)
• Total	1,917
• Density	713/km2 (1,850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Post code	957 85
Area code	(+46) 92
Website	www.overtornea.se

It is located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to their Finnish twin town Ylitornio. Övertorneå means "Upper Torneå", based on a division of the Torneå parish in two parts in the 16th century. Until the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn at the Torne River in 1809, the two villages on both sides of the river were one. From 1809 till 1917, this represented the Swedish border to Russia.

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  Matarengi Church
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  Övertorneå railway station
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  Röda Kvarn
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  A view from Aavasaksa, across the border river.

Övertorneå is home of NHL forward Linus Omark. Another well known ice-hockey player from the settlement is Daniel Henriksson.

The following sports clubs are located in Övertorneå:

• Övertorneå SK

• Mathilda Fogman (1835-1921), a Swedish and Finnish midwife, was an influential spiritual leader within Laestadianism in Övertorneå.
• Brita Klemetintytär (1621-1700) lived in Övertorneå, where she followed in her father's footsteps and served as postmaster.

• Official website