Bureå

Bureå is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Västerbotten.

Location

The village in the municipality of Skellefteå is just 20 kilometers in a straight line to the southeast of the main town on the coast of the Bothnian Bay Skellefteå, the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea. In Bureå the river empties into the Bureälven Burefjärden, part of the Skelleftebucht. On the western edge the European route leads past 4. About five kilometers west of Bureå located near the lake Falmarksträsket the Skellefteå airport.

Organ of Bureå kyrka

Skellefteå airport not far from Bureå

History

The area of present-day Bureå was already inhabited during the Bronze and Iron Ages; There are a number of archaeological sites. The name first appeared in 1507 in the form Bwre on, derived from the earlier name of the river Bureälven, Bura. On the so-called monastery hill ( monastery Holmen ) was possibly the 15th and 16th century as a monastery.

The first water-powered sawmills on Bureälven originated in 1796 and 1797. The woodworking industry specific from now on for the next two centuries, the economy of the town. 1914 Bureå independent community that existed in the town Skellefteå 1967 until its connector. 1972 laid the Mo och Domsjö AB (now Holmen AB) the last sawmill of the place, which they had taken over in 1965, still. 1992, the production of wood pulp ( after sanding process, Swedish träsliperi ) has been set.

As a result of the decline of local industry Bureå is now primarily residential area for commuters employed in Skellefteå.

Attractions

In Bureå by Fredrik Falkenberg (1865-1924) is designed and built from 1917 to 1920 Bureå Church ( Bureå kyrka ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Orvar Bergmark (1930-2004), football and Bandyspieler and football coach