Bastuträsk

Bastuträsk (Swedish pronunciation: [bastɵˈtrɛsːk];[2]) is a locality situated in Norsjö Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 392 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

For the village in Bjurholm Municipality, see Bastuträsk, Bjurholm Municipality.
Bastuträsk
Bastuträsk railway station
Bastuträsk railway station
Bastuträsk is located in Västerbotten
Bastuträsk
Bastuträsk
Bastuträsk is located in Sweden
Bastuträsk
Bastuträsk
Coordinates: 64°47′N 20°02′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceVästerbotten
CountyVästerbotten County
MunicipalityNorsjö Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total1.09 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total392
 • Density359/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village was mainly constructed around its railway station being built there in 1892, when a railway line connecting Långsele and Boden opened.[3] In the 1950s, Bastuträsk had as much as approximately 1000 inhabitants but has since then become strongly depopulated.

Bastuträsk has many small businesses, among those persistent for decades have been a sausage factory[4] and a sawmill/woodshop.

It is also still a fairly trafficked railway hub, which serves Skellefteå (approximately 40 km to the east) via buses.

Approximately 5 kilometers north from the town, along the lake after which it is named (Bastuträsket) is the traditional village Bastuträsk By.

Bastuträsk is located just 200 km south of the Arctic Circle. With only three months of the year having average temperatures over 10 °C[5] it features a subarctic climate which however like the rest of northern Sweden has surprisingly mild winters due to oceanic influences such as the Gulf Stream.

During his return journey in 1917, Vladimir Lenin passed Bastuträsk on the way to the Russian border in Haparanda-Tornio, getting off in order to change trains.

The name of the town is attested since 1619 and is named after the adjacent lake Bastuträsket, attested since 1553. The name consists of bastu ’fireplace-equipped building for temporary dwelling or food-drying’ + träsk ’large lake’.[6]

References
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  1. "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. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 5.
  3. "Historia | Bastuträsk". bastutrask.se. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  4. www.fredrikdanielsson.se, Fredrik Danielsson. "Titel". bastutraskcharkuteri.se. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  5. "Yearly Average Climate Bastuträsk". weatherandclimate.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  6. Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). p. 30.


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