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Övertorneå Municipality

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Övertorneå Municipality (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) 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

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There are four localities (or urban areas) in Övertorneå Municipality:<ref>Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005</ref>

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

The municipal seat in bold

Smaller localities

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There are nine smaller localities in Övertorneå Municipality:<ref>Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005 Template:In lang</ref>

# 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

Demographics

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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.<ref name=ÖvertorneåVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 4,211 residents, including 3,187 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=ÖvertorneåVal2022/> 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.

Elections

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Riksdag

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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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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

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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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