Tornio valley

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Location of the Tornio Valley Administrative Community in Finland

Tornio Valley ( Finnish Torniolaakso ) is the name of one of six administrative communities ( seutukunta ) in the Finnish landscape of Lapland . As the name suggests, it encompasses the Finnish, eastern part of the river valley called Tornedalen of the Finnish- Swedish border river Tornionjoki ( Swedish Torne älv ). The two municipalities of Pello and Ylitornio belong to the Tornio Valley administrative community .