Tornio

Tornio
Torneå
Duortnus
Tuárnus
Town
Tornion kaupunki
Torneå stad
Central Tornio
Central Tornio
Coat of arms of Tornio
Location of Tornio in Finland
Location of Tornio in Finland
Coordinates: 65°51′N 024°09′E / 65.850°N 24.150°E / 65.850; 24.150
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionKemi-Tornio
Charter1621
Government
 • Town managerJukka Kujala
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,348.83 km2 (520.79 sq mi)
 • Land1,188.71 km2 (458.96 sq mi)
 • Water161.59 km2 (62.39 sq mi)
 • Rank60th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total21,002
 • Rank48th largest in Finland
 • Density17.67/km2 (45.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.5%
 • Sami0.1%
 • Others3.4%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1416.9%
 • 15 to 6458.9%
 • 65 or older24.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.tornio.fi/en/

Tornio (Finnish: [ˈtornio]; Swedish: Torneå; Northern Sami: Duortnus [ˈtuo̯rtnuːs]; Inari Sami: Tuárnus) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of 1,348.83 square kilometres (520.79 sq mi), of which 161.59 km2 (62.39 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 17.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (45.8/sq mi), with a total population of 21,002 (31 August 2024).[2]

Tornio is unilingually Finnish with a negligible number of native Swedish speakers, although this does not count vast numbers of bilinguals who speak Swedish as a second language, with an official target of universal working bilingualism for both border municipalities.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Tvåspråkighet högt på dagordningen" (in Swedish). NSD. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2020.