Burträsk

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Burträsk

|image_skyline = Burträsk1949.jpg

|image_caption = Burträsk in 1949

|pushpin_map = Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden

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|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 = {{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}

|area_total_km2 = 1.84

|population_as_of = 31 December 2019

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 1,606

|population_density_km2 = 854

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|64|31|N|20|39|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

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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.{{cite news | url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150630-the-swedish-cheese-that-cant-be-moved| publisher=BBC Travel| title=The Swedish cheese that can’t be moved| date=24 July 2015| accessdate=28 July 2015}}

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.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Edvin Larsson|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Edvin_Larsson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 December 2021}}

References

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Category:Populated places in Skellefteå Municipality

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