Burträsk

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
Burträsk in 1949
Burträsk Show map of Västerbotten Burträsk Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 64°31′N 20°39′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Västerbotten
County	Västerbotten County
Municipality	Skellefteå Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.84 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2019)[1]
• Total	1,606
• Density	854/km2 (2,210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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.^[3]