Burträsk

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.

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Settlement.official_name: Burträsk
Settlement.image_skyline: Burträsk1949.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Burträsk in 1949
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Skellefteå Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västerbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Västerbotten
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.84
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2019
Settlement.population_total: 1,606
Settlement.population_density_km2: 854
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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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.

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.

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