Ylitornio

Ylitornio (Övertorneå; ; 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 7 km 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 5 km north of town. Literally translated to English the two locations would be called Upper Tornio.

The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined 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.

Notable people

 * Sami Jauhojärvi, skier
 * Jarkko Kauvosaari, ice hockey player
 * Toni Koivisto, ice hockey player