Municipality:Tornio
| Tornio (Torneå) | |
|---|---|
 The municipality Tornio in Finland | |
 Coat of arms of Tornio | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Lappi |
| Number of zones | 32 |
| Maximum PPH | 32 |
| Last updated | 2021-01-12 |
Tornio (swedish Torneå, north sami Duortnus) is a municipality and town in the region of Lappi (Lapland) in Finland. The municipality has about 21 600 inhabitants and is located in the province of Lapland.
LocationEdit
Tornio is located farthest up in the Bothnian Bay by the Torne River estuary and the border to Sweden. Tornio is located right by Haparanda, which is on the Swedish side of the border.
Tornio and Haparanda collaborate in many areas, including a joint elite team in bandy and joint marketing in tourism. As a turfer, it is no problem to turf in the cities on either side of the border during the same visit.
Urban AreasEdit
Tornio is the only urban area with 16 977 inhabitants on an area of 35.62 square kilometers (2016).
ZonesEdit
There are 32 turfzones in Tornio, where one is counted as a national park zone, two as monument zones, four as holy zones and three bridge zones.
The most taken zone is TheSweden that is placed on the southern tip of Svensarö right next to the border with Sweden
Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.
National park zonesEdit
Monument zonesEdit
Holy zonesEdit
Bridge zonesEdit
- PuutarhaBridg (2016)
- Ryöttä (2017)
- TornioBridge (2012)
Other zonesEdit
- GåNorrut (2019)
- Inakari (2016)
- ItäPuutarha (2019)
- Itäranta (2020)
- Kivenheitto (2019)
- Länsiranta (2020)
- Pirkanpuisto (2019)
- Poola (2017)
- PuutarhaZone (2012)
- RacingMc (2020)
- Rajalla (2016)
- Sossunkulma (2020)
- Stadsviken (2017)
- TeolliZone (2012)
- TheSweden (2012)
- TornePiki (2019)
- TorneRiver (2012)
- TorneSport (2017)
- TorneWater (2017)
- TorneåLek (2015)
- TornionRotary (2020)
- VähäHuituri (2016)
Updated: 2021-01-12