Bodträskån
Encyclopedia
Bodträskån is a small river that flows into Lule River
in Norrbotten
, Sweden
.
municipality
and ends at Bodträskfors
, a small village
, in Edefors parish. Until the 1950s it was quite important but today the importance is minuscule. The village of Bodträskfors houses an impressive mansion building from 1870.
Lule River
Lule River is a major river in Sweden, rising in northern Sweden and flowing southeast for before reaching the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå. It is the second longest river by watershed area or length in Norrbotten County , but is the largest by average discharge.It has a watershed of 25,240.5 km² of...
in Norrbotten
Norrbotten
Norrbotten is a Swedish province in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.- Administration :...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
Description
The river starts in JokkmokkJokkmokk
Jokkmokk is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 2,976 inhabitants in 2005. The Sámi name of the place means "River's Curve", due to the meandering river that runs through it...
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and ends at Bodträskfors
Bodträskfors
Bodträskfors is a locality situated in Boden Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 205 inhabitants in 2005.It is situated by the river of Luleå, opposite Harads. The village became important because of the river of Bodträskfors, where among other things a mill was built...
, a small village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
, in Edefors parish. Until the 1950s it was quite important but today the importance is minuscule. The village of Bodträskfors houses an impressive mansion building from 1870.