Tornio

Tornio is a Finnish metropolis inside the Province of Lapland at the Swedish border. Tornio is the center of the Tornio River valley and the most vital border crossing factor between Finland and Sweden. Tornio has a populace of 21,872 with a place of one, 348.83 km² of which 1,188.78 km² of land, 40.46 km² of inland waterways and the rest 119.59 km² of sea. Tornio turned into the northernmost metropolis in Finland till the municipal form of Rovaniemi changed from a business to a town in 1960.

Founded in 1621, Tornio is the oldest of the towns in Lapland. The neighboring municipalities of Tornio are Kemi, Keminmaa, Tervola and Ylitornio. The city of Tornio has plenty of cooperation with its Swedish border neighbor, Haparanda. The estuary of the Tornion River has been inhabited because the ultimate ice age. By 1995, 16 historical dwellings were determined inside the place. They are much like about 6,000 to 5,000 BC in Vuollerim. However, most of the cutting edge urban vicinity has simplest risen from the sea during the last millennium due to the post glacial uplift.