MeƤnmaa (MeƤnkieli for 'Our Land'), or sometimes Torne Valley or Torne River Valley (Finnish: Tornionlaakso, Torniojokilaakso; Swedish: Tornedalen) lies at the border of Sweden and Finland. It is named after the Torne River flowing through the valley and into the Gulf of Bothnia. Geographically the townships and municipalities that make up the area are Haparanda, ĆvertorneĆ„, Pajala and Kiruna in Sweden, and Tornio, Ylitornio, Pello, Kolari, Muonio and Enontekiƶ in Finland. Culturally the highland Swedish municipality GƤllivare is also considered part of MeƤnmaa due to the large share of MeƤnkieli-speaking population in it.
MeƤnkieli surnames and village names are common on the Swedish side of the border to this day, in spite of the dominance of the Swedish language in the area. The Finnish side of the border has standard Finnish as the sole spoken language.