Ylitornio

{{For|the municipality of Sweden|Övertorneå Municipality}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Ylitornio

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Ylitornion kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Övertorneå kommun}}

| other_name = Övertorneå
Badje-Duortnus
Pajetuárnus

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Ylitornio.kuntakilpi.jpg

| image_caption = Ylitornio welcome sign

| image_shield = Ylitornio.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Ylitornio sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Ylitornio in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|66|19|N|023|40|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Lapland

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Tornio Valley

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Jarmo Pienimäki

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1809

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|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = {{Official URL}}

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Ylitornio ({{IPA|fi|ˈyliˌtornio|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Övertorneå}}; {{langx|se|Badje-Duortnus}}; {{langx|smn|Pajetuárnus}}) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland along the Tornio River, opposite the Swedish town of Övertorneå about {{convert|7|km|mi}} by road to its northwest. The two localities are connected by an international bridge that goes between Övertorneå through an island and enters Finland in a rural portion of Ylitornio's municipality, about {{convert|5|km|mi}} north of town. Literally translated to English the two locations would be called Upper Tornio.

The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Ylitornio}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Ylitornio}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Ylitornio}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Ylitornio|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish in contrast to much of far-western Finland. Finland is officially bilingual.

A unique ski flying hill project has been presented. The inruns of the hills will be through a mountain inside a pipe tunnel.[http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/FIN-Finland/LL-Lapland/Ylitornio/0288/]

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