Burträsk is a
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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situated in
Skellefteå Municipality
Skellefteå Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Skellefteå.
History
Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skelle ...
,
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...
,
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
Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administ ...
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.
References
Populated places in Västerbotten County
Populated places in Skellefteå Municipality
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