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Övertorneå Municipality

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| native_name = Övertorneå kommun

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| subdivision_name1 = Norrbotten County

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| seat_type = Seat

| seat = Övertorneå

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Övertorneå Municipality ({{Langx|sv|Övertorneå kommun}}, {{Langx|fit|Matarengin kunta}}) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.

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 Meänkieli name, one of the minority languages of Sweden.

Localities

There are four localities (or urban areas) in Övertorneå Municipality:[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005]

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! # !! Locality !! Population

1Övertorneåalign="right" | 1,965
2Juoksengialign="right" | 401
3Hedenäsetalign="right" | 285
4Svansteinalign="right" | 207

The municipal seat in bold

=Smaller localities=

There are nine smaller localities in Övertorneå Municipality:[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0811/2005A01/tabell12005.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005] {{in lang|sv}}

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! # !! Smaller locality !! Population

1Pelloalign="right" | 193
2Kuivakangasalign="right" | 125
3Aapuaalign="right" | 122
4Poikijärvialign="right" | 107
5Rantajärvialign="right" | 102
6Neistenkangasalign="right" | 93
7Pudasalign="right" | 85
8Haapakyläalign="right" | 59
9Jänkisjärvialign="right" | 52

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Övertorneå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2518-overtornea.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Övertorneå i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=3 January 2024}}

In total there were 4,211 residents, including 3,187 Swedish citizens of voting age. 58.1% voted for the left coalition and 40.9% for the right coalition. The relatively high degree of people with foreign background by Norrbotten standards is a result of cross-border connections with Finland. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! rowspan="3" |Location

! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}

! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}

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align="left" |Hedenäset

| 663

| 521

| 57.4

| 41.2

| 75

| 73

| 27

| 19,797

| 32

align="left" |Kuivakangas

| 866

| 708

| 53.9

| 45.5

| 84

| 79

| 21

| 23,191

| 30

align="left" |Svanstein

| 787

| 625

| 65.0

| 34.8

| 79

| 79

| 21

| 20,617

| 34

align="left" |Övertorneå

| 1,895

| 1,333

| 58.4

| 40.0

| 76

| 62

| 38

| 21,491

| 27

colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT

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.

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! Year

! Turnout

! Votes

! V

! S

! MP

! C

! L

! KD

! M

! SD

! ND

! NP/SP

1973{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 188)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 190)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 32)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/25R/2518/2518.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/25/18/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/18/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/18/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Övertorneå kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

| 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.

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! 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).

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Övertorneå Municipality}}

  • [http://www.overtornea.se/About-Overtornea Övertorneå Municipality] – Official site
  • [http://www.arctic-circle.net Ylitornio-Övertorneå] – Tourist site

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Övertorneå

| NE = {{Flagicon|FIN}} Pello

| E = {{Flagicon|FIN}} Ylitornio

| SE = Haparanda

| SW = Kalix

| W = Överkalix

| NW = Pajala

}}

{{Norrbotten County}}

{{Localities in Övertorneå Municipality}}

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