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Burträsk
Burträsk in 1949
Burträsk in 1949
Burträsk is located in Västerbotten
Burträsk
Burträsk
Location in Västerbotten
Burträsk is located in Sweden
Burträsk
Burträsk
Location in Sweden
Country Sweden
Province Västerbotten
County Västerbotten County
Municipality Skellefteå Municipality
Area
 • Total 1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2019)
 • Total 1,606
 • Density 854/km2 (2,210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

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.

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

  • Edvin Larsson (1925–2009), theologian.
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