Burträsk Explained

Official Name:Burträsk
Pushpin Map:Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Skellefteå Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Västerbotten County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Västerbotten
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.84
Population As Of:31 December 2019
Population Total:1,606
Population Density Km2:854
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:64.5167°N 59°W

Burträsk is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 1,575 inhabitants in 2010. It is notable as the only place where Västerbotten cheese is made.[2]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. News: The Swedish cheese that can’t be moved. BBC Travel. 24 July 2015. 28 July 2015.
  3. Encyclopedia: Edvin Larsson. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 30 December 2021.