Bastuträsk is a locality situated in Norsjö Municipality

Norsjö Municipality

Norsjö Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Norsjö.In 1974 Norsjö and Malå municipalities were amalgamated, forming the new Norsjö Municipality. In 1983 Malå Municipality was re-established within the pre-1974 borders.-History:The first...

, Västerbotten County

Västerbotten County

Västerbotten County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It borders the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Provinces :...

, Sweden

Sweden

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 with 357 inhabitants in 2005.

The village was mainly constructed around its railway station being built there in 1892, when a railway line connecting Långsele

Långsele

Långsele is a locality situated in Sollefteå Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 1,620 inhabitants in 2005....

 and Boden

Boden, Sweden

Boden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,680 inhabitants in 2005.- History :The town of Boden started as a railway junction where the Northern Line met with the Ore Line from the rich iron ore fields in northern Sweden.The town experienced...

 opened. 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

Sausage

A sausage is a food usually made from ground meat , mixed with salt, herbs, and other spices, although vegetarian sausages are available. The word sausage is derived from Old French saussiche, from the Latin word salsus, meaning salted.Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made...

 factory and a sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

/woodshop.

It is also still a fairly trafficked railway hub, which serves Skellefteå

Skellefteå

-Industry:*Boliden AB, a big mining and smelting company*Alimak*Natural User Interface Technologies AB - NUITEQ, a promising emerging technology start-up company-Sports:*Skellefteå AIK, an ice hockey team in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien....

 (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

Arctic Circle

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. With only three months of the year having average temperatures over 10ºC it features a subarctic climate

Subarctic climate

The subarctic climate is a climate characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers. It is found on large landmasses, away from the moderating effects of an ocean, generally at latitudes from 50° to 70°N poleward of the humid continental climates...

 which however like the rest of northern Sweden has surprisingly mild winters due to oceanic influences such as the Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates at the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean...

.