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Burträsk Latitude and Longitude:

64°31′N 20°39′E / 64.517°N 20.650°E / 64.517; 20.650
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Burträsk
Burträsk in 1949
Burträsk in 1949
Burträsk is located in Västerbotten
Burträsk
Burträsk
Burträsk is located in Sweden
Burträsk
Burträsk
Coordinates: 64°31′N 20°39′E / 64.517°N 20.650°E / 64.517; 20.650
Country Sweden
Province Västerbotten
County Västerbotten County
Municipality Skellefteå Municipality
Area
 • Total1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2019) [1]
 • Total1,606
 • Density854/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. [1] 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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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Swedish cheese that can't be moved". BBC Travel. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Edvin Larsson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 December 2021.