Burträsk is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 1,575 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is notable as the only place where Västerbotten cheese is made.[2]
Burträsk | |
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 Burträsk in 1949 | |
  Burträsk  Burträsk | |
| Coordinates: 64°31′N 20°39′E / 64.517°N 20.650°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Västerbotten |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Municipality | Skellefteå Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2019)[1] | |
• Total | 1,606 |
| • Density | 854/km2 (2,210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Burträsk Court District, or Burträsks tingslag, was a district of Västerbotten in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Burträsk Fault is named after the village.
People
edit- Edvin Larsson (1925–2009), theologian.[3]
References
editWikivoyage has a travel guide for Burträsk.
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "The Swedish cheese that can't be moved". BBC Travel. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Edvin Larsson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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