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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.6733,Lat: 66.3222
Elevation	105 meter above sea level
Local time	3:07:13am
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Ylitornio#Övertorneå

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aavasaksa	6.3 km	North
2 Övertorneå	7.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Hedenäset	10.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Juoksengi	27.9 km	North
5 Karungi	33.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	689 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	771 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	831 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Sweden.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Torne main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Portimojärvi (3.5 km² at a height of around 62 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 0.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 97%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Peräpohjolan vaara- ja jokiseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 425 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kemi-Tornio Airport (at a distance of 74 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.3 km2

43.7%

Nature

20.5 km2

26.1%

Agriculture

11.2 km2

14.2%

Urban area

4.8 km2

Water - Lakes

7.6 km2

9.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ylitornio in country Finland

Ylitornio at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	105 km	SouthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	293 km	WestNorthWest
3 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	353 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Isovaara	SE	5.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ylitornio
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ylitornio

Type of weather in Ylitornio	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	2 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	10:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	12:36 Europe/Amsterdam