Tornio - Wikipedia. Tornio. Town. Location of Tornio in Finland.
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Coordinates: 6. 5. The city forms a cross- border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of 1,1. In spite of being a border city Tornio is unilingually Finnish with a negligible number of Swedish speakers.
History. 6. 00. 0–5. BC). The Swedish part of the region is not far from the oldest permanent settlement site found in Scandinavia. The church was constructed in 1. Matti Joosepinpoika H. The charter was granted in recognition of Tornio being the hub of all trade in Lapland throughout the 1. It was the largest merchant town in the North at the time and for some years ranked as the richest town in the Swedish realm.
Despite the lively trade with Lapland and overseas, the population of the town remained stable for hundreds of years at little over 5. During the 1. 8th century Tornio was visited by several expeditions from Central Europe which came to explore the Arctic.
The most notable expedition (1. Acad. However, the greatest blow to the wealth of the town came in the last war between Sweden and Russia in 1. Russians capture and annexe Finland. The border was drawn through the deepest channel of the Muonio and Tornio rivers, splitting Lapland into two parts, with deleterious effects on trade. Tornio ended up on the Russian side of the border by special request of the Russian czar. The Swedes developed the village of Haaparanta (present day Haparanda) on their side of the border, to balance the loss of Tornio, and Tornio became unilingually Finnish. During the Russian period Tornio was a sleepy garrison town.
Trade only livened up during the Crimean War and the First World War, when Tornio became an important border crossing for goods and people. During the First World War Tornio and Haparanda had the only rail link connecting the Russians to their Western allies. After the independence of Finland in 1. Tornio lost its garrison and experienced further decline. Escorts Usa Indian Dating. The town played no role of importance in the Finnish Civil War, but was the scene of some fierce street fighting at the onset of the Lapland War between Finland and Nazi Germany. The rapid liberation of the town by Finnish forces probably saved it from being burned down like so many other towns in Lapland.
As a result, the beautiful wooden church from 1. After World War II, the town created new employment built on the success of the local Lapin Kulta brewery and the Outokumpu stainless steel mill. Tourism based on the border has also been a growing industry. The town is a centre of education for Western Lapland with a vocational college and a university of applied sciences. Tornio and Haparanda have a history as twin cities, and are currently set to merge under the names Tornio. Haparanda and Haparanda. Tornio. A new city centre is under construction on the international border and several municipal services are shared.
The new IKEA store in Haparanda has signposting in Finnish as well as in Swedish, and all prices are signposted in two currencies. Tornion Palloveikot, or just To. PV, is a bandy club which play in the Bandyliiga and has become Finnish bandy champions several times. They play their home matches in Haparanda, just on the other side of the Swedish border, which was the venue for games at the 2.
Bandy World Championship. Dating Customs In Canada on this page. Teemu Tainio, footballer, was born in Tornio.
Climate. The weatherbox is from neighbouring city Haparanda and operated by Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Climate data for Haparanda (adjacent to Tornio), 2. Month. Jan. Feb. Mar.
Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Record high . A bogie exchange and variable gauge axletrack gauge changing facility are provided.
Kemi- Tornio Airport is located in Kemi, about 1. Tornio city centre.
Highway 2. 9 (part of the European route E8) between Keminmaa and Tornio is the world's northernmostmotorway. Tornio is also the northern terminus of European Route E4.