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Bastuträsk
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| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Västerbotten |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Municipality | Norsjö Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 1.10 km2 (0.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 357 |
| • Density | 324/km2 (839.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Bastuträsk (lit. "Sauna lake") is a locality situated in Norsjö Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 357 inhabitants in 2005.[1]
The village was mainly constructed around its railway station being built there in 1892, when a railway line connecting Långsele and Boden opened.[2] 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[3] 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 10ºC[4] 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.
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