Official Name: | Övertorneå |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Övertorneå Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Norrbotten County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Norrbotten |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.69 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 1,917 |
Population Density Km2: | 713 |
Elevation M: | 71 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 66.3881°N 23.6536°W |
Area Code: | (+46) 92 |
Postal Code Type: | Post code |
Postal Code: | 957 85 |
Övertorneå (Matarengi; Finnish: Matarenki) is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.
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.
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: