Övertorneå Municipality

Övertorneå Municipality (Swedish: Övertorneå kommun, Meänkieli: Matarengi) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.

Övertorneå Municipality Övertorneå kommun
Municipality
Övertorneå Railway Station
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Övertorneå
Area [1]
• Total	2,492.29 km^2 (962.28 sq mi)
• Land	2,362.07 km^2 (912.00 sq mi)
• Water	130.22 km^2 (50.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	4,299
• Density	1.7/km^2 (4.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Norrbotten
Municipal code	2518
Website	www.overtornea.se

Until the Finnish War (1808–1809) Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single parish. Following the war, the eastern part of the municipality was ceded to Russia as a part of Finland. In 1870 a minor part of Övertorneå Municipality was split off, forming the rural municipality Korpilombolo (now part of Pajala Municipality). In 1969 Övertorneå and Hietaniemi municipalities were merged, forming the present municipality.

Many places in the municipality have both a Swedish and a Finnish name, in the local dialect of Finnish known as Meänkieli, one of the minority languages of Sweden.

Localities

There are four localities (or urban areas) in Övertorneå Municipality:[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Övertorneå	1,965
2	Juoksengi	401
3	Hedenäset	285
4	Svanstein	207

The municipal seat in bold

Smaller localities

There are nine smaller localities in Övertorneå Municipality:[4]

#	Smaller locality	Population
1	Pello	193
2	Kuivakangas	125
3	Aapua	122
4	Poikijärvi	107
5	Rantajärvi	102
6	Neistenkangas	93
7	Pudas	85
8	Haapakylä	59
9	Jänkisjärvi	52

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag since the 1972 municipal reform. Norrbotten Party also contested the 1994 election but due to the party's small size at a nationwide level SCB did not publish the party's results at a municipal level. The same applies to the Sweden Democrats between 1988 and 1998. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND	NP/SP
1973[5]	89.4	4,174	13.8	43.3	0.0	31.1	2.0	1.0	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1976[6]	91.1	4,186	13.5	44.3	0.0	29.7	2.6	1.2	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979[7]	91.2	4,147	11.7	45.0	0.0	27.1	3.0	1.5	8.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982[8]	89.9	4,059	10.8	50.1	0.6	23.5	1.8	1.7	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985[9]	88.0	3,950	11.8	49.8	0.3	23.1	4.6	0.0	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988[10]	83.8	3,617	10.9	48.6	2.1	20.2	5.1	2.5	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991[11]	83.0	3,536	10.1	46.9	1.2	19.8	4.0	4.4	10.6	0.0	2.9	0.0
1994[12]	84.3	3,628	12.2	52.6	1.9	16.2	2.4	2.8	9.7	0.0	0.3	0.0
1998[13]	80.5	3,357	22.0	39.6	2.7	11.6	1.4	8.3	12.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002[14]	74.7	2,929	12.8	36.8	3.0	11.7	2.6	6.1	6.3	0.1	0.0	20.1
2006[15]	74.9	2,785	11.7	43.9	2.7	14.9	3.2	4.6	12.7	1.0	0.0	4.2
2010[16]	80.7	2,901	10.5	52.2	2.6	11.4	2.8	3.4	13.5	3.4	0.0	0.0
2014[17]	80.5	2,733	10.1	47.6	2.8	11.1	2.2	3.6	10.7	11.0	0.0	0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	89.4	4,174	57.1	40.8	0.0	2.1	97.9
1976	91.1	4,186	57.8	40.4	0.0	1.9	98.1
1979	91.2	4,147	56.7	38.9	0.0	4.4	95.6
1982	89.9	4,059	60.9	35.1	0.0	4.0	96.0
1985	88.0	3,950	61.6	38.0	0.0	0.4	99.6
1988	83.8	3,617	61.6	34.5	0.0	3.9	96.1
1991	83.0	3,536	57.0	38.8	0.0	4.2	98.7
1994	84.3	3,628	66.7	31.1	0.0	2.2	97.8
1998	80.5	3,357	64.3	34.0	0.0	1.7	98.3
2002	74.7	2,929	52.6	26.7	0.0	21.7	78.3
2006	74.9	2,785	58.3	35.4	0.0	6.3	93.7
2010	80.7	2,901	65.3	31.1	3.4	0.2	99.8
2014	80.5	2,733	60.5	27.6	11.0	0.9	99.1

Sights

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

Juoksengi is intersected by the Arctic Circle and is known as the "Arctic Circle Village" (Polcirkelbyn).

See also

• Maaherra

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
4. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005 (in Swedish)
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
6. "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
7. "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 188)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
8. "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
9. "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 190)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
10. "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
11. "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 32)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
12. "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
13. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
14. "Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
15. "Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
16. "Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
17. "Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

External links

• Övertorneå Municipality – Official site
• Ylitornio-Övertorneå – Tourist site